Chronic intranasal oxytocin causes long-term impairments in partner preference formation in male prairie voles

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 180-188

  Bales, Karen L ^a,b   Perkeybile, Allison M ^a   Conley, Olivia G ^a   Lee, Meredith H ^a,c   Guoynes, Caleigh D ^a   Downing, Griffin M ^a   Yun, Catherine R ^a   Solomon, Marjorie ^d   Jacob, Suma ^e   Mendoza, Sally P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c John F Kennedy High School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; intranasal; oxytocin; schizophrenia; social behavior; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOLE;

AUTISM; INTRANASAL; OXYTOCIN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARVICOLINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880015074     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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