Role of arginine vasopressin in modulating plasticity in defensive behavior
Social behavior can be viewed as a varying output of an approach-avoidance conflict. For example a potential mate elicits a strong ‘approach’ response and a predator induces the very opposite. Social behavior must be plastic to best adapt to a continuously changing (biotic and abiotic) environment....
Main Author: | Shantala Arundathi Hari Dass |
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Other Authors: | School of Biological Sciences |
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/61632 |
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