Peripheral administration of oxytocin increases social affiliation in the naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 380-385

  Mooney, Skyler J ^a   Douglas, Natasha R ^a   Holmes, Melissa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eusociality; Heterocephalus glaber; Huddling; L 368,899 ; Naked mole rats; Oxytocin; Oxytocin antagonist; Social investigation; Social proximity

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; L 368899; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HETEROCEPHALUS; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BORNANES; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOLE RATS; OXYTOCIN; PIPERAZINES; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84897096887     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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