Testosterone facilitates aggression by modulating vasopressin receptors in the hypothalamus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-29

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Offensive aggression; Ventrolateral hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CRICETINAE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030185494     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02246-5     Document Type: Article

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