Oxytocin induces a conditioned social preference in female mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 803-810

  Kent, K ^a   Arientyl, V ^a   Khachatryan, M M ^a   Wood, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioned place preference; Conditioned social preference; Dose response curve; Oxytocin; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANNULA; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OVARIECTOMY; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TACTILE STIMULATION;

CONDITIONED PLACE PREFERENCE; CONDITIONED SOCIAL PREFERENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVE; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; OXYTOCIN; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84882659725     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12075     Document Type: Article

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