Melanocortin-5 receptor deficiency promotes defensive behavior in male mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-63

  Morgan, Caurnel ^a,b   Thomas, Ruth E ^a   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alpha MSH; Exocrine; MC5R; Melanocortin; NDP MSH; Neuroendocrine; Pheromone; Social interaction test; Urine

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; PHEROMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URINE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0345829246     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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