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Aggression
New aggression study findings have been reported by scientists at Washington State University, Medical Department
March 9th, 2008
"Past work has demonstrated robust brain changes in cholecystokinin (CCK-8) following social defeat. Here the authors analyzed brain regional, CCK-8, substance P, corticotropin releasing factor (CRF), and neuropeptide Y levels in adult male Long-Evans rats defeated in a resident-intruder social aggression paradigm, as indexed by elevated bites received, freezing, and emission of 20-kHz calls," scientists writing in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience report. "Brains harvested 6 hr after social defeat were dissected into 12 regions (olfactory bulbs, 3 cortical regions [frontal cortex, cortex above the basal ganglia, cortex above the diencephalon], caudate-putamen,...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-03-09)
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