Developmental perspectives on oxytocin and vasopressin

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-42

  Hammock, Elizabeth A D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEOCORTEX; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84939895974     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.120     Document Type: Review

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