Behavior and pro-inflammatory cytokine variations among submissive and dominant mice engaged in aggressive encounters: Moderation by corticosterone reactivity

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Audet, Marie Claude ^a   Mangano, Emily N ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Corticosterone; Individual differences; Pro inflammatory cytokine; Psychosocial stressors; Submission dominance status

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551686182     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00156     Document Type: Article

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