Aggressive behavior as a reinforcer in mice: Activation by allopregnanolone

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 459-466

  Fish, Eric W ^a,b   De Bold, Joseph F ^a,b   Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Fixed interval; Fixed ratio; Intruder; Motor activity; Neurosteroid; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; GENDER; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANOLONE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036392289     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1211-2     Document Type: Article

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