Serotonin decreases aggression via 5-HT1A receptors in the fighting fish Betta splendens

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-231

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   O'Hare, Erin P ^a   McNitt, Meredith M ^a   Carpenter, Russ E ^b   Summers, Cliff H ^b,c  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

8 OH DPAT; Aggression; Betta splendens; Fluoxetine; L tryptophan; p chlorophenylalanine; Serotonin; WAY 100635

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; FENCLONINE; FLUOXETINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETTA SPLENDENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TELEOST;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; DIET; DOPAMINE; FENCLONINE; FISHES; FLUOXETINE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PIPERAZINES; PYRIDINES; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34250710705     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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