Neural connections of the anterior hypothalamus and agonistic behavior in golden hamsters

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 53-76

  Delville, Yvon ^a,c   De Vries, Geert J ^b   Ferris, Craig F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anterograde tracing; Arginine vasopressin; c Fos immunoreactivity; Neuronal activation; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; PROTEIN C FOS; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; HAMSTER; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0034034222     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006642     Document Type: Article

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