Oxytocin signaling in the medial amygdala is required for sex discrimination of social cues

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Yao, Shenqin ^a,b   Bergan, Joseph ^a,c   Lanjuin, Anne ^a,d   Dulac, Catherine ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXTR PROTEIN, MOUSE; OXYTOCIC AGENT; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HABITUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL; SEXISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; STIMULUS; URINE ODOR; Y-MAZE TEST; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85040931182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.31373     Document Type: Article

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