Oxytocin facilitates fidelity in well-established marmoset pairs by reducing sociosexual behavior toward opposite-sex strangers

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Cavanaugh, Jon ^a   Mustoe, Aaryn C ^a   Taylor, Jack H ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fidelity; Oxytocin; Pair bond relationships; Partner preference; Pro8 OT; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE 8 OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; PROLINE 8 OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BORNANE DERIVATIVE; L 368899; OXYTOCIN; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITRICHINAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MONOGAMY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CALLITHRIX; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAIR BONDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BORNANES; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; PIPERAZINES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920393925     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.06.020     Document Type: Article

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