Role of oxytocin receptors in modulation of fear by social memory

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2097-2105

  Guzmán, Yomayra F ^a   Tronson, Natalie C ^a,b   Sato, Keisuke ^c   Mesic, Ivana ^a   Guedea, Anita L ^a   Nishimori, Katsuhiko ^c   Radulovic, Jelena ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Lateral septum; Memory; NMDA receptors; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptors; Social interaction; Valence

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN, D(CH2)5(1)-TYR(OME)(2)-ORN(8)-;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEAR; GENE SILENCING; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL MEMORY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOWN-REGULATION; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84900846770     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3356-6     Document Type: Article

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