Differential lateral septal vasopressin in wild-type rats: Correlation with aggression

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-144

  Everts, Henk G J ^a   De Ruiter, A J H ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031127147     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1375     Document Type: Article

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