Sociality and oxytocin and vasopressin in the brain of male and female dominant and subordinate mandarin voles

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-159

  Qiao, Xufeng ^a   Yan, Yating ^a   Wu, Ruiyong ^a   Tai, Fadao ^a   Hao, Ping ^a   Cao, Yan ^a   Wang, Jianli ^b  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIFANG UNIVERSITY OF NATIONALITIES   (China)

Author keywords

Dominant; Mandarin voles; Oxytocin; Subordinate; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84892835820     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0870-2     Document Type: Article

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