Differences in intermale aggression are accompanied by opposite vasopressin release patterns within the septum in rats bred for low and high anxiety

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3597-3605

  Beiderbeck, Daniela I ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a   Veenema, Alexa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

HAB; LAB; Microdialysis; Resident intruder test; V1a receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN C FOS; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MALE ANIMAL; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 36949018683     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05974.x     Document Type: Article

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