Social preference and maternal defeat-induced social avoidance in virgin female rats: Sex differences in involvement of brain oxytocin and vasopressin

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 234, Issue , 2014, Pages 101-107

  Lukas, Michael ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intracerebroventricular; Oxytocin; Sex differences; Social approach; Social preference; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; ORNIPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; VASOPRESSIN, 1-(1-MERCAPTOCYCLOHEXANEACETIC ACID)-2-(O- METHYL-L-TYROSINE)-8-L-ARGININE-; VASOTOCIN, DESGLY(NH2)(9)D(CH2)5-TYR(ME)(2)-THR(4)-ORN(8)-;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PREFERENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WISTAR RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; ORNIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84905380131     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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