Resolving apparent contradictions concerning the relationships among fear or anxiety and aggression during lactation: Theoretical comment on D'Anna, Stevenson, and Gammie (2005)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1165-1168

  Lonstein, Joseph S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LACTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTATION; MICE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 25444513973     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.119.4.1165     Document Type: Review

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