Hypothalamic vasopressin systems are more sensitive to the long term effects of social defeat in males versus females

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-134

  Steinman, M Q ^a   Laredo, S A ^a   Lopez, E M ^a   Manning, C E ^a   Hao, R C ^a   Doig, I E ^a   Campi, K L ^a   Flowers, A E ^a   Knight, J K ^a   Trainor, B C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Conditioned defeat; Hypothalamus; Oxytocin; Peromyscus; Sex differences; Social defeat; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; AVP GENE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PEROMYSCUS; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; MALE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PEROMYSCUS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84920575885     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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