Stress hormones, genotype, and brain organization. Implications for aggression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 794, Issue , 1996, Pages 179-191

  De Kloet, E Ronald ^a   Korte, S Mechiel ^a   Rots, Nynke Y ^a   Kruk, Menno R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HORMONE; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIENCE; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0029803682     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32520.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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