Relationships among CSF Monoamine Metabolite Levels, Alcohol Sensitivity, and Alcohol-Related Aggression in Rhesus Macaques

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 288-301

  Barr, Christina S ^a   Becker, Michelle L ^a   Suomi, Stephen J ^a   Higley, J Dee ^a  

^a NIH Animal Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol; Alcohol sensitivity; CSF; Neurotransmitter metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042574103     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10071     Document Type: Article

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