Mineralocorticoid receptor blockade inhibits aggressive behaviour in ivlale rats

Stress

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-207

  Haller, Jözsef ^a   Millar, Simon ^b   Kruk, Menno R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Spironolactone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HORMONE INHIBITION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY;

AGGRESSION; ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SPIRONOLACTONE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031689451     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253899809167283     Document Type: Article

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