Role of the serotoninergic system in the acceleration of sexual maturation in wild Norway rats selected for reduced aggressiveness toward humans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-51

  Shishkina, G T ^a   Dygalo, N N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxytryptophan; Hypothalamus; p Chlorophenylalanine; Rat; Serotonin; Sexual development; Strain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FENCLONINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RATS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034033386     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(99)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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