While there was a nearly statistically significant difference in the open field test, with Oxtr +/+ dams entering the inner arena more frequently than Oxtr −/− dams, we think that this is unlikely to be due to genotypic differences in anxiety-like behavior since no other behavioral measures indicated an anxiety-like phenotype.
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Impairments in the initiation of maternal behavior in oxytocin receptor knockout mice.
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