Vasopressin, oxytocin and social behaviour

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 777-783

  Keverne, Eric B ^a   Curley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ESTRUS; GENE TRANSFER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMALS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 9644272814     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.10.006     Document Type: Review

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