THC aggravates rat muricide behavior induced by two levels of magnesium deficiency

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Bac, Pierre ^a   Pages, Nicole ^a,b   Herrenknecht, Christine ^a   Dupont, Charlotte ^a   Maurois, Pierre ^a   Vamecq, Joseph ^a   Durlach, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Cannabis; Magnesium deficiency; Magnesium depletion; Muricidal behavior; Rat; 9 Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; LATENT PERIOD; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; MOUSE KILLING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TIME;

EID: 0036853753     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00813-2     Document Type: Article

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