Asymmetric frontal brain activity, cortisol, and behavior associated with fearful temperament in rhesus monkeys

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-292

  Kalin, Ned H ^a   Larson, Christine ^b   Shelton, Steven E ^b   Davidson, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHESUS MONKEY;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031978903     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.112.2.286     Document Type: Article

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