Behavioural characterization of interleukin-6 overexpressing or deficient mice during agonistic encounters

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3664-3672

  Alleva, Enrico ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a   Bianchi, Mauro ^b   Bondiolotti, Gian Pietro ^b   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   De Acetis, Luigi ^a   Panerai, Alberto E ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affiliative behaviour; Aggressive behaviour; Interleukin 6; Mice; Monoamines; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNIFFING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NOREPINEPHRINE; POSTURE; PREGNANCY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032458050     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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