Phenotypic differences in behavior, physiology and neurochemistry between rats selected for tameness and for defensive aggression towards humans

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-421

  Albert, Frank W ^a   Shchepina, Olesya ^b   Winter, Christine ^c   Römpler, Holger ^d,e   Teupser, Daniel ^f   Palme, Rupert ^g   Ceglarek, Uta ^f   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^f   Sohr, Reinhard ^c   Trut, Lyudmila N ^b   Thiery, Joachim ^f   Morgenstern, Rudolf ^c   Plyusnina, Irina Z ^b   Schöneberg, Torsten ^d   Pääbo, Svante ^a,h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Medical Faculty   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Corticosterone; Domestication; Serotonin; Taurine

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN; TAURINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGGRESSION; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 39149131674     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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