A pharmacological evidence of positive association between mouse intermale aggression and brain serotonin metabolism

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Kulikov, A V ^a   Osipova, D V ^a   Naumenko, V S ^a   Terenina, E ^b   Mormede P ^b   Popova, N K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Aggression; Mice; P Chlorophenylalanine; Serotonin; Tryptophan; Tryptophan hydroxylase 2

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FENCLONINE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84861551160     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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