Conditioned Defeat

Biology of Aggression

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Huhman, Kim L ^a   Jasnow, Aaron M ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Fear; Hamsters; Social defeat; Stress; Subordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920753116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168761.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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