Medial amygdala lesions modify aggressive behavior and immediate early gene expression in oxytocin and vasopressin neurons during intermale exposure

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 245, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-49

  Wang, Yu ^a   He, Zhiyi ^a   Zhao, Chuansheng ^a   Li, Lei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Fos protein; Medial amygdala; Oxytocin; Retrograde tracer; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS; RADIOACTIVE MICROSPHERE; RHODAMINE; VASOPRESSIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FIGHTING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MARKER GENE; MATING; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGGRESSION; AGING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84875277919     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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