Repeated fluoxetine administration during adolescence stimulates aggressive behavior and alters serotonin and vasopressin neural development in hamsters

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 640-653

  Ricci, Lesley A ^a   Melloni, Richard H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Fluoxetine; Serotonin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN; VASOPRESSIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN REGION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PUBERTY; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SENSORY NERVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CRICETINAE; FLUOXETINE; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84874964282     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029761     Document Type: Article

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