Contrasting expressions of aggressive behavior released by lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala during wakefulness and rapid eye movement sleep without antonia in cats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 589-602

  Zagrodzka, Jolanta ^a   Hedberg, Ceile E ^b   Mann, Graziella L ^d   Morrison, Adrian R ^c  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE ATONIA; NONHUMAN; PONS; PREDATION; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CATS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PONS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SLEEP, REM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031858922     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.3.589     Document Type: Article

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