Patterns of violent aggression-induced brain c-fos expression in male mice selected for aggressiveness

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 173-182

  Haller, J ^a   Toth M ^a   Halasz, J ^a   De Boer, S F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brain; c Fos; LAL; Mice; SAL

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BITE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAT; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HAMSTER; LACTATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING; STRIA TERMINALIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33646928371     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.030     Document Type: Article

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