Naturally occurring variations in defensive burying behavior are associated with differences in vasopressin, oxytocin, and androgen receptors in the male rat.
Linfoot I, Gray M, Bingham B, Williamson M, Pinel JP, Viau V.
Linfoot I, et al.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Oct 1;33(7):1129-40. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2009.06.008. Epub 2009 Jun 18.
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2009.
PMID: 19540895
Relative to animals showing no significant levels of defensive burying activity, rats showing sustained elevations in defensive burying displayed higher levels of arginine vasopressin (AVP) mRNA and increased numbers of androgen receptor positive cells in the medial amygdala and …
Relative to animals showing no significant levels of defensive burying activity, rats showing sustained elevations in defensive burying disp …