Intergenerational transmission of alloparental behavior and oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distribution in the prairie vole

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Perkeybile, Allison M ^a,b   Delaney Busch, Nathanial ^a,c   Hartman, Sarah ^a   Grimm, Kevin J ^a,d   Bales, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparental behavior; Intergenerational transmission; Natural variation; Oxytocin receptor; Parental care; Prairie vole; Vasopressin receptor

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REARING; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84940171645     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00191     Document Type: Article

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