The winner and loser effect, serotonin transporter genotype, and the display of offensive aggression

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 565-574

  Kloke, Vanessa ^a   Jansen, Friederike ^a   Heiming, Rebecca S ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^c   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Gene environment interaction; Loser effect; Mice; Serotonin transporter; Social experience; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FIGHTING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955869180     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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