Association of dopamine-and serotonin-related genes with canine aggression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-378

  Vage J ^a   Wade, C ^b,c,d   Biagi, T ^b   Fatjo J ^e   Amat, M ^e   Lindblad Toh, K ^b,f   Lingaas, F ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Candidate genes; Canine; Dopamine; Serotonin; SNP association

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE; INHERITANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOGS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77952983188     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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