Escalated aggression in animal models: Shedding new light on mesocorticolimbic circuits

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages 90-95

  Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b   Takahashi, Aki ^c   Gobrogge, Kyle L ^b   Hwa, Lara S ^b   de Almeida, Rosa M M ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; BREEDING; FACE VALIDITY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84924311181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23521546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2015.02.007     Document Type: Review

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