C-Fos activation and intermale aggression in rats selected for behavior toward humans

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-106

  Konoshenko, Maria Yu ^a   Timoshenko, Tatiana V ^b,c   Plyusnina, Irina Z ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Apto Pharm Ltd   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aggression; C Fos; Norway rats; Resident intruder; Selection

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMALE AGGRESSION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS;

EID: 84867049665     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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