Dopamine receptor D2 deficiency reduces mouse pup ultrasonic vocalizations and maternal responsiveness

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 397-404

  Curry, T ^a   Egeto, P ^a   Wang, H ^a   Podnos, A ^b   Wasserman, D ^a   Yeomans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

D2 dopamine receptor; Dopamine; Infant behaviour; Maternal behaviour; Prolactin; Pup retrieval; Ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOCALIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; HETEROZYGOTE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84878630083     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12037     Document Type: Article

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