Deletion of the prion gene Prnp affects offensive aggression in mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 266, Issue , 2014, Pages 216-221

  Tomaz, Büdefeld ^a   Aljaz, Majer ^a   Ales, Jerin ^b   Gregor, Majdic ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Brain; Offensive aggression; Prion protein; Prnp knockout mouse; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PRION PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; PRION; PRNP PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRNP GENE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REACTION TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PRIONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897900053     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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