The hypothalamus: Cross-roads of endocrine and behavioural regulation in grooming and aggression

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-177

  Kruk, Menno R ^a   Westphal, Koen G C ^a   Van Erp, Annemoon M M ^b   Judith Van Asperen, ^a   Cave, Belinda J ^a   Slater, Elizabeth ^a   De Koning, J ^a   Haller, József ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Corticotropin; Grooming; Hormones; Hypothalamus; LH; Prolactin; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FIGHTING; GROOMING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0032422183     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00018-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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