| First Author | Hammock EA | Year | 2013 |
| Journal | Horm Behav | Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 | Pages | 352-60 |
| PubMed ID | 23261858 | Mgi Jnum | J:325901 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:6877607 | Doi | 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.12.006 |
| Citation | Hammock EA, et al. (2013) Vasopressin eliminates the expression of familiar odor bias in neonatal female mice through V1aR. Horm Behav 63(2):352-60 |
| abstractText | V1aR has a well established role in the neural regulation of adult mammalian social behavior. The role of V1aR in developmentally emerging social behavior is less well understood. We mapped V1aR at post-natal day 8 (P8) and demonstrate developmentally-specific expression in the neocortex and hippocampus. We tested the ability of male and female C57BL/6J mice to show orienting bias to a familiar odor at this age. We demonstrate that females, but not males, show an orienting bias for odors previously paired with the mother, which is eliminated by V1aR signaling. |
