Genetically determined variation in stress responsiveness in rainbow trout: Behavior and neurobiology

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-238

  Schjolden, Joachim ^a   Winberg, Svante ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coping style; Cortisol; HPI axis; Monoamines; Salmonids; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34948831069     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000105486     Document Type: Article

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