Aggression and anxiety: Social context and neurobiological links

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2010, Pages

  Neumann, Inga D ^a   Veenema, Alexa H ^a,b   Beiderbeck, Daniela I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal aggression; HAB rats; HPA axis; LAB rats; Serotonin; Trait anxiety; Vasopressin; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650097822     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00012     Document Type: Review

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