Marmosets treated with oxytocin are more socially attractive to their long-term mate

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Cavanaugh, Jon ^a   Huffman, Michelle C ^a   Harnisch, April M ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; Grooming; Pair bond maintenance; Pro8 OXT; Proximity; Social relationships

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; LEUCINE 8 OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN AGONIST; OXYTOCIN ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIN DERIVATIVE; PROLINE 8 OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GROOMING; MALE; MATING; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; STIMULUS;

EID: 84944448274     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00251     Document Type: Article

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