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Profound impairment in social recognition and reduction in anxiety-like behavior in vasopressin V1a receptor knockout mice.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2004
Bielsky Isadora F, Hu Shuang-Bao, Szegda Kathleen L, Westphal Heiner, Young Larry J
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Considerable evidence suggests that arginine vasopressin (AVP) is critically involved in the regulation of many social and nonsocial behaviors, including emotionality. The existence of two AVP receptors in the brain, namely the V1a and V1b subtypes, and the lack of clear pharmacological data usin...
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