Blockade of arginine vasotocin signaling reduces aggressive behavior and c-Fos expression in the preoptic area and periventricular nucleus of the posterior tuberculum in male Amphiprion ocellaris

Neuroscience

Volumn 267, Issue , 2014, Pages 205-218

  Yaeger, C ^a   Ros, A M ^a   Cross, V ^a   DeAngelis, R S ^a   Stobaugh, D J ^a   Rhodes, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Arginine vasopressin; Clownfish; Manning compound; Sex change; V1a receptor

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE)]; ARGIPRESTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN, 1-(1-MERCAPTOCYCLOHEXANEACETIC ACID)-2-(O- METHYL-L-TYROSINE)-8-L-ARGININE-;

AGGRESSION; AMPHIPRION OCELLARIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR TUBERAL NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTMATURITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULVINAR; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBMISSIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; FISHES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84897102961     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.02.045     Document Type: Article

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