Increased volume and neuronal number of the basolateral nuclear group of the amygdaloid body in aggressive dogs

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-125

  Jacobs, C ^a   Van Den Broeck, W ^a   Simoens, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid body; Basolateral nuclear group; Canine aggression

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIN;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EDEMA; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOMETRY;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL COUNT; DOGS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646147573     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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