Vasopressin receptor blockade in the anterior hypothalamus suppresses aggression in hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 235-239

  Ferris, Craig F ^a   Potegal, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Flank marking; Golden hamsters; Intraspecific aggression; Methotrimeprazine; Scent marking; V1 receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARGIPRESSIN; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HAMSTERS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; METHOTRIMEPRAZINE; MICROINJECTIONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STATISTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023806596     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(88)90144-8     Document Type: Article

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