Differences in NK cell function in mice bred for high and low aggression: Genetic linkage between complex behavioral and immunological traits?

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-186

  Petitto, John M ^a   Gariepy, Jean Louis ^b   Gendreau, Paul L ^c   Rodriguiz, Ramona ^b   Lewis, Mark H ^a   Lysle, Donald T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Genetic selection; Linkage; Natural killer cell activity; Selective breeding; Social experience

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; IMMUNE STATUS; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0032826658     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brbi.1998.0539     Document Type: Article

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