Oxytocin Receptor Activity in the Ventrocaudal Periaqueductal Gray Modulates Anxiety-Related Behavior in Postpartum Rats.

Postpartum rats are less anxious than diestrous virgin females, a phenomenon requiring that mothers have recent contact with their infants. Oxytocin (OT) is one of many neurochemicals released intracerebrally while mothers interact with infants, and we investigated whether OT receptor activity in th...

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Publicado en:	Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 122; no. 3; pp. 618 - 629
Autores principales:	Figueira, Rayson J., Peabody, Mitchell F., Lonstein, Joseph S.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association June 2008
Materias:	Parental behavior in animals Oxytocin Laboratory rats Brain function localization
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