Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play by vasopressin

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2554-2561

  Veenema, Alexa H ^a,b   Bredewold, Remco ^a,b   De Vries, Geert J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Juvenile; Lateral septum; Male; Oxytocin; Play fighting; Sex difference; Social play; V1a receptor; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

FEMALE; JUVENILE; LATERAL SEPTUM; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PLAY-FIGHTING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PLAY; V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; PEPTIDES; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RATS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84886094574     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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