Differential serotonergic modulation of two types of aggression in weakly electric fish

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCTOBER 2012, 2012, Pages

  Zubizarreta, Lucía ^a   Perrone, Rossana ^a   Stoddard, Philip K ^b   Costa, Gustavo ^a   Silva, Ana C ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

5 HT; Agonistic behavior; Brachyhypopomus gauderio; Gymnotus omarorum; Reproduction related aggression; Territorial aggression

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS GAUDERIO; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; GYMNOTUS OMARORUM; LATENT PERIOD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 85087586023     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00077     Document Type: Article

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