Sex-Dependent Effects of Chronic Social Defeat on Emotional and Social Behaviors, and Parameters of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Systems in Mandarin Voles (Microtus mandarinus)

Sex-Dependent Effects of Chronic Social Defeat on Emotional and Social Behaviors, and Parameters of Oxytocin and Vasopressin Systems in Mandarin Voles (Microtus mandarinus)

In the regulation of emotional and social behaviors, both oxytocin (OT) and vasopressin (AVP) are sex specific. Although significant sex differences have been reported in the context of behavioral and hormonal responses to social stress, such differences in response to chronic social defeat stress (...

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Main Authors: Wenjuan Hou, Huan Ma, Yufeng Xun, Xin Zhang, Wenqi Cai, Shuying Huang, Zhixiong He, Fadao Tai, Rui Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
sex difference
oxytocin
vasopressin
emotional behavior
social behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.625116/full

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