Hippocampal cholineacetyltransferase activity, agonistic behaviour and social stress in male rabbits

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-84

  Girolami, L ^a   Fontani, G ^a   Lodi, L ^a   Lupo, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agonistic behaviour; Cholineacetyltransferase; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Rabbit; Social stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0029911640     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-6357(95)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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