Ontogenesis of oxytocin pathways in the mammalian brain: Late maturation and psychosocial disorders

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2015, Pages 1-17

  Grinevich, Valery ^a   Desarménien, Michel G ^b   Chini, Bice ^c   Tauber, Maithé ^d,e   Muscatelli, Françoise ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

^e France   (France)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g Turing Center for Living Systems CENTURI Aix Marseille University   (France)

Author keywords

Autisn; Axonal release; Ontogenesis; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Prader Willi syndrome; Somatodendritic release

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ARGIPRESSIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CD157 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; NECDIN; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

AUTISM; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRENATAL STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LIFE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; XENOPHOBIA;

EID: 84921838043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00164     Document Type: Review

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