Aggression-Interactions of serotonin and testosterone in healthy men and women

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-100

  Kuepper, Yvonne ^a   Alexander, Nina ^a   Osinsky, Roman ^a   Mueller, Eva ^a   Schmitz, Anja ^b   Netter, Petra ^a   Hennig, Juergen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Challenge test; Gender; S citalopram; Serotonin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CITALOPRAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SALIVA; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 70350339778     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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