Distribution of oxytocin and co-localization with arginine vasopressin in the brain of mice

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3445-3473

  Otero García, Marcos ^b   Agustín Pavón, Carmen ^a   Lanuza, Enrique ^b   Martínez García, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Amygdala; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Maternal behaviour; Neurosecretory cells; Sociosexual brain

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; AXON; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; FEMALE; MICE; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSINS; OXYTOCIN;

EID: 84942014994     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1111-y     Document Type: Article

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