Behavioral and Cardiorespiratory Responses to Bilateral Microinjections of Oxytocin into the Central Nucleus of Amygdala of Wistar Rats, an Experimental Model of Compulsion

• Érica Maria Granjeiro ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Érica Maria Granjeiro, Simone Saldanha Marroni, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias

  Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, State University of Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Simone Saldanha Marroni ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Érica Maria Granjeiro, Simone Saldanha Marroni, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Daniel Penteado Martins Dias ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Érica Maria Granjeiro, Simone Saldanha Marroni, Daniel Penteado Martins Dias

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Leni Gomes Heck Bonagamba,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Kauê Machado Costa,

  Current address: International Max Planck Research School for Neural Circuits, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Jéssica Cristina dos Santos,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• José Antônio Cortes Oliveira,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Benedito H. Machado,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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• Norberto Garcia-Cairasco

  * E-mail: ngcairas@fmrp.usp.br

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, Department of Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

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