Region-specific associations between sex, social status, and oxytocin receptor density in the brains of eusocial rodents

Neuroscience

Volumn 303, Issue , 2015, Pages 261-269

  Mooney, S J ^a   Coen, C W ^b   Holmes, M M ^a   Beery, A K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Naked mole rat; Nucleus accumbens; Oxytocin; Receptor autoradiography; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESTOCIN; IODINE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN[1 (3,3 CYCLOPENTAMETHYLENE 3 MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID) 2 (O METHYLTYROSINE) 4 THREONINE 8 ORNITHINE 9 DEGLYCINAMIDE]; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; ADAPTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN RELATION; METABOLISM; MOLE RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; IODINE ISOTOPES; MALE; MOLE RATS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84937209770     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.06.043     Document Type: Article

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