A nonhuman primate model of type II alcoholism? Part 2. Diminished social competence and excessive aggression correlates with low cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid concentrations

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 643-650

  Higley, J D ^a,c   Suomi, S J ^b   Linnoila, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Antisorial Personality; Norepinephrine; Serotonin; Type II Alcoholism

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYPHENYLETHYLENE GLYCOL; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; METHOXYHYDROXYPHENYLGLYCOL; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEROTONIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 0030004452     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01666.x     Document Type: Article

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