Comparative Perspectives on Oxytocin and Vasopressin Receptor Research in Rodents and Primates: Translational Implications

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Freeman, Sara M ^a   Young, Larry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marmoset; Neuropeptides; Receptor binding; Rhesus macaque; Titi monkey

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR 1A; LIGAND; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN REGION; CLADISTICS; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RODENT; SMELLING; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; VISION; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84964931573     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12382     Document Type: Article

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