Article
From vasotocin to stress and cognition.
European journal of pharmacology - 10 Jan 2010
de Kloet E Ronald
Abstract excerpt
Sex and stress hormones coordinate experience and behaviour with physiological regulations. In the brain the sex hormones act to promote the repertoire of affiliative and reproductive behaviours. Stress hormones target in particular brain circuits underlying emotional arousal and cognition. To exert these actions the hormones operate in concert with neuropeptide secreting systems. Here I will discuss three...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Brain
- Cognition
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Stress, Physiological
- Vasotocin
