Social agonistic distress in male and female mice: changes of behavior and brain monoamine functioning in relation to acute and chronic challenges.

Stressful events promote several neuroendocrine and neurotransmitter changes that might contribute to the provocation of psychological and physical pathologies. Perhaps, because of its apparent ecological validity and its simple application, there has been increasing use of social defeat (resident-i...

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Main Authors: Shlomit Jacobson-Pick, Marie-Claude Audet, Robyn Jane McQuaid, Rahul Kalvapalle, Hymie Anisman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3614949?pdf=render