Neurogenetics of aggressive behavior: Studies in primates

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-71

  Barr, Christina S ^a   Driscoll, Carlos ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; G x E; Genetic; Macaque; Primate

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR GENE; NEUROGENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; REWARD;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATES; REWARD;

EID: 84908029139     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2013_267     Document Type: Article

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