Vasopressin infusion into the lateral septum of adult male rats rescues progesterone-induced impairment in social recognition

Neuroscience

Volumn 246, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-58

  Bychowski, M E ^a   Mena, J D ^a   Auger, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral septum; Progesterone; Social memory; Social recognition behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LATERAL SEPTUM; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECOGNITION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RECOGNITION MEMORY; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEPTAL NUCLEI; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84878353249     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.04.047     Document Type: Article

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