Evolution of oxytocin pathways in the brain of vertebrates

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Knobloch, H Sophie ^a   Grinevich, Valery ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Behavior; Evolution; Hypothalamus; Oxytocin; Release

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894064252     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00031     Document Type: Review

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