Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 7 in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis is Essential for Intermale Aggression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 726-735

  Masugi Tokita, Miwako ^a,b,c   Flor, Peter J ^d   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^c,e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e BUKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL) 5 METHYL 3 PYRIDIN 4 YLISOXAZOLO [4,5 C]PYRIDIN 4 (5H)ONE; HORMONE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN C FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 6-(4-METHOXYPHENYL)-5-METHYL-3-PYRIDIN-4-YLISOXAZONOLO(4,5-C)PYRIDIN-4(5H)-ONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; PYRIDONE DERIVATIVE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE DISEASE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; URINALYSIS; URINE ODOR; URINE PREFERENCE TEST; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; URINE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRIDONES; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SEPTAL NUCLEI; URINE;

EID: 84954028106     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2015.198     Document Type: Article

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