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Hormone-dependent aggression in male and female rats: Experiential, hormonal, and neural foundations

Albert, D.J., Jonik, R.H., Walsh, M.L.·1992·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Hormone-dependent aggression in both male and female rats includes the distinctive behavioral characteristics of piloerection and lateral attack. In males the aggression is dependent on testicular testosterone and is commonly known as intermale aggression. In females, the aggression is most commonly observed as maternal aggression and is dependent on hormones whose identity is only beginning to emerge. The present review examines the experiential events which activate hormone-dependent aggression, the relation of the aggression to gonadal hormones, and the neural structures that participate in its modulation. In males and females, the aggression is activated by cohabitation with a conspecific of the opposite sex, by competitive experience, and by repeated exposure to unfamiliar conspecifics. In the female, the presence of pups also activates aggression. In both males and females, hormones are necessary for the full manifestation of the aggression. The essential hormone appears to be testosterone in males and a combination of testosterone and estradiol in females. The information available suggests the neural control systems for hormone-dependent aggression may be similar in males and females. It is argued that hormone-dependent aggression is behaviorally and biologically homologous in male and female rats.

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Authors: Albert, D. J., Jonik, R. H., & Walsh, M. L.
Affiliations: University of British Columbia (CA)
ORCID: Albert, D.J.
Venue: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1992-06
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Pages: 177-192
ISSN: 0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/s0149-7634(05)80179-4
OpenAlex: W1970628628
Cited by: 167
References: 151
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI: 12.36
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
Keywords: sex differences in aggression, male-male aggression, maternal aggression, testosterone, estradiol, gonadal hormones, piloerection, rats
MeSH terms: Aggression, Animals, Female, Hormones, Male, Neurons, Rats

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