Social functions of individual vasopressin-oxytocin cell groups in vertebrates: What do we really know?

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 512-529

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Aggression; Maternal behavior; Mesotocin; Oxytocin; Pair bond; Sex differences; Sociality; Vasopressin; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V2B RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL BED NUCLEUS OF THE STRIA TERMINALIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PARENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSIN RELEASE; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; HUMANS; OXYTOCIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84908152505     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.04.005     Document Type: Review

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