Accumbal dopamine and serotonin in anticipation of the next aggressive episode in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 371-378

  Ferrari, P F ^a   Van Erp, A M M ^a   Tornatzky, W ^a   Miczek, Klaus A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotelemetry; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; TELEMETRY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; HEART RATE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037263673     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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