Region specific up-regulation of oxytocin receptors in the opioid Oprm1 -/- mouse model of autism

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Gigliucci, Valentina ^a   Leonzino, Marianna ^a,b   Busnelli, Marta ^a,b   Luchetti, Alessandra ^a   Palladino, Viola Stella ^a   D'Amato, Francesca R ^a,c   Chini, Bice ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Brain autoradiography; Oprm1 mice; Oxytocin receptor; Social behavior; Ultrasonic vocalizations; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929470615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2014.00091     Document Type: Article

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