Sexually dimorphic role for vasopressin in the development of social play

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Paul, Matthew J ^a   Terranova, Joseph I ^a   Probst, Clemens K ^b   Murray, Elaine K ^c   Ismail, Nafissa I ^d   de Vries, Geert J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Juvenile; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Play fighting; Sex differences; Social behavior; Weanling

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLAY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUPPY; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; WEANING;

EID: 84896934469     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00058     Document Type: Article

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