Reduced brain corticotropin-releasing factor receptor activation is required for adequate maternal care and maternal aggression in lactating rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2742-2750

  Klampfl, Stefanie M ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a   Bosch, Oliver J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; D Phe; HAB LAB NAB; Maternal behaviour; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING;

EID: 84883457318     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12274     Document Type: Article

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