The SHR Y-chromosome increases testosterone and aggression, but decreases serotonin as compared to the WKY Y-chromosome in the rat model

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 515-524

  Toot, Jonathan ^a   Dunphy, Gail ^a   Turner, Monte ^a   Ely, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; amygdala; limbic system; serotonin; social Stress; testosterone; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MALE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; Y CHROMOSOME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444346833     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BEGE.0000038489.82589.6f     Document Type: Article

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