Interactions between the neural regulation of stress and aggression

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4581-4589

  Summers, Cliff H ^a,b   Winberg, Svante ^c,d  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Attack; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Dominant; Dopamine (DA); Fight; Hostility; Serotonin (5 HT); Social stress; Stages; Subordinate; Timeline

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; NEURONS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845964605     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02565     Document Type: Review

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