Oxytocin receptor density is associated with male mating tactics and social monogamy

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 445-453

  Ophir, Alexander G ^a   Gessel, Ana ^a   Zheng, Da Jiang ^a   Phelps, Steven M ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hippocampus; Mating system; Monogamy; Neurobiology; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULA; MALE; MATING; MATING SUCCESS; MATING SYSTEM; MEMORY; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEPTOHIPPOCAMPAL NUCLEUS; SOCIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIR BOND; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACE PERCEPTION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84858702784     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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