Activation of-opioid receptors in the dorsal striatum is necessary for adult social attachment in monogamous prairie voles

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2200-2210

  Burkett, James P ^a,b   Spiegel, Lauren L ^a   Inoue, Kiyoshi ^a   Murphy, Anne Z ^b,c   Young, Larry J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia State University   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

caudate putamen; m opioids; Pair bonding; partner preference; social attachment; striatum

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOLE; AGE; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NALTREXONE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80052718077     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.117     Document Type: Article

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