Acute and lasting effects of single mineralocorticoid antagonism on offensive aggressive behaviour in rats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-77

  Ruiz Aizpurua, Leire ^a   Buwalda, Bauke ^b   De Boer, Sietse F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attack latency time; Escalation; MR GR imbalance; Spironolactone; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SPIRONOLACTONE;

AGGRESSION; ANTAGONISM; RODENT; STEROID; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; STRESS;

ATTACK LATENCY TIME; ESCALATION; MR/GR IMBALANCE; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; MALE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; RATS; SPIRONOLACTONE; TERRITORIALITY; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84879275133     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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