Social stress in hamsters: Defeat activates specific neurocircuits within the brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 8842-8855

  Kollack Walker, S ^a   Watson, S J ^a   Akil, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Arousal; C fos; Defense; Fear; Hamster; Mapping activation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0030728766     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-22-08842.1997     Document Type: Article

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