A role for glucocorticoids in the long-term establishment of a social hierarchy

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1543-1552

  Timmer, Marjan ^a   Sandi, Carmen ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Memory; Rat; Social hierarchy; Subordinate

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DRINKING; EATING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650176438     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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