| Literature DB >> 2155621 |
J Scholtens1, M Roozen, M Mirmiran, N E van de Poll.
Abstract
We have tested the effect of noradrenaline depletion by clonidine in agonistic behavior of intact male and gonadectomized testosterone-treated female rats. Animals were subjected to the 'resident-intruder' paradigm: in 4 consecutive daily confrontations residents defeated intruders. Clonidine-treated intruder males showed higher levels of aggression than did their saline-injected controls. In contrast, in females, in which defeat was also followed by reduction of aggression, no effect of clonidine treatment was found.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2155621 DOI: 10.1016/0166-4328(90)90057-l
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Res ISSN: 0166-4328 Impact factor: 3.332