The vicious cycle towards violence: Focus on the negative feedback mechanisms of brain serotonin neurotransmission

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2009, Pages

  de Boer, Sietse F ^a   Caramaschi, Doretta ^a   Natarajan, Deepa ^a   Koolhaas, Jaap M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HT1A receptor; Rodents; Serotonin; Sggression; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890521621     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.08.052.2009     Document Type: Article

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