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The primary goal of this book is to summarize and synthesize recent advances in the biological study of aggression. Other than maternal aggression, most aggressive encounters among human and non-human animals represent a male proclivity; thus, most of the research in this book describes and discusses studies using the most appropriate murine model: testosterone-dependent offensive inter-male aggression, which is typically measured in resident-intruder or isolation-induced aggression tests. The research emphasizes various molecules that have been linked to aggression tests. It also emphasizes v ... More
Keywords: aggressive encounters, male proclivity, murine model, testosterone, inter-male aggression, gene-targeting, pharmacological techniques, androgens, serotonin, GABA
Print publication date: 2005 | Print ISBN-13: 9780195168761 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195168761.001.0001 |
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