Measuring virgin female aggression in the Female Intruder Test (FIT): Effects of oxytocin, estrous cycle, and anxiety

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  De Jong, Trynke R ^a   Beiderbeck, Daniela I ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INTRUDER TEST; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; WISTAR RAT;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROUS CYCLE; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84897528606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091701     Document Type: Article

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