Aggressive behavior in male mice lacking the gene for neuronal nitric oxide synthase requires testosterone

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-70

  Kriegsfeld, Lance J ^a   Dawson, Ted M ^b,c   Dawson, Valina L ^b,c   Nelson, Randy J ^a,b   Snyder, Solomon H ^b  

^a Behav Neuroendocrinol Grp   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Androgen; Behavioral neuroendocrinology; Gonadectomy; Knockout; Sex steroid

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ORCHIECTOMY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0030662056     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00688-4     Document Type: Article

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