Activation of 5-HT1A autoreceptors in the dorsal raphe nucleus reduces the behavioral consequences of social defeat

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1236-1247

  Cooper, Matthew A ^a   McIntyre, Kathleen E ^a   Huhman, Kim L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Conditioned defeat; Defensive behavior; Fear; Social defeat; Stress

Indexed keywords

FLESINOXAN; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TERRITORIALITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CRICETINAE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PIPERAZINES; RAPHE NUCLEI; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 51249105083     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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