Prior fighting experience increases aggression in Syrian hamsters: Implications for a role of dopamine in the winner effect

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 290-300

  Schwartzer, Jared J ^a   Ricci, Lesley A ^a   Melloni, Richard H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Syrian hamster; Trained fighters; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; DISEASE MODEL; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DOPAMINE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84878787929     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.21476     Document Type: Article

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