Hypothalamic oxytocin and vasopressin neurons exert sex-specific effects on pair bonding, gregariousness, and aggression in finches

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6069-6074

  Kelly, Aubrey M ^a   Goodson, James L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesotocin; Social behavior; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; RNA; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GREGARIOUSNESS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIR BONDING; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

MESOTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84899076500     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322554111     Document Type: Article

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