Intermale social aggression: Suppression by medial preoptic area lesions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 169-173

  Albert, D J ^a   Walsh, M L ^a   Gorzalka, B B ^a   Mendelson, S ^a   Zalys, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Defensiveness; Intermale aggression; Medial preoptic area; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0022550134     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(86)90151-4     Document Type: Article

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