Serotonin diminishes aggression by suppressing the activity of the vasopressin system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 794, Issue , 1996, Pages 98-103

  Ferris, Craig F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0029825720     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb32513.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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