An ethopharmacological assessment of Agmatine's effects on agonistic encounters between male mice

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 374-380

  Navarro, José Francisco ^a   Luna, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agmatine; Agonistic encounters; Mice

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844530929     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20088     Document Type: Article

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