Effects of photoperiod and experience on aggressive behavior in female California mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-534

  Silva, Andrea L ^a   Fry, William H D ^b   Sweeney, Colleen ^b   Trainor, Brian C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Female; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; FEMALE ANIMAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIESTRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MICE; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 77249122231     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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