Both oxytocin and vasopressin are mediators of maternal care and aggression in rodents: From central release to sites of action

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-303

  Bosch, Oliver J ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arched back nursing; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central amygdala; HAB; LAB; Maternal aggression; Medial preoptic area; Microdialysis; Paraventricular nucleus; Pharmacological manipulation; Receptor

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; RODENT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84858668674     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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