Neuroendocrine responses to social isolation and paternal deprivation at different postnatal ages in mandarin voles

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1214-1228

  Wang, Lu ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Wu, Ruiyong ^a   Kong, Lingzhe ^a   Feng, Weige ^a   Cao, Yan ^a   Tai, Fadao ^a,b   Zhang, Xia ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; AVP; CORT; Isolation; Mandarin voles; OT; Paternal deprivation; Stress hypo responsive period (SHRP)

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; ARVICOLINAE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84905235089     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21202     Document Type: Article

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