Anti-aggressive effects of neuropeptide S independent of anxiolysis in male rats

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Beiderbeck, Daniela I ^a   Lukas, Michael ^a   Neumann, Inga D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide S; Nucleus accumbens; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; NEUROPEPTIDE S; PENTETRAZOLE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

EID: 84901836072     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00185     Document Type: Article

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