Fluoxetine alters behavioral consistency of aggression and courtship in male Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 92-97

  Dzieweczynski, Teresa L ^a   Hebert, Olivia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behavioral flexibility; Consistent individual differences; Fluoxetine; Repeatability; Siamese fighting fish; SSRIs

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FISHES; FLUOXETINE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84863109299     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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