Serotonin blocks vasopressin-facilitated offensive aggression: Interactions within the ventrolateral hypothalamus of golden hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 813-816

  Delville, Yvon ^a   Mansour, Karim M ^a   Ferris, Craig F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT(1B) receptor binding; Agonistic behavior; Hypothalamus; Microinjections; Vasopressin receptor binding

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0029989987     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02166-3     Document Type: Article

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