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Effects of social defeat stress using different adjacent cages in mice

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The Behavioral Aggressiveness, Social Stress and Physiological Parameters Screening in Local Egyptian Chicken Strains

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Does a single exposure to social defeat render rats more vulnerable to chemically induced colitis than brief inescapable foot-shocks?

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Chronic exposure to ultrasonic frequencies results in selective increase of aggression level in rats

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Para-Chlorophenyl Alanine Induces Aggressive Behavior by Serotonin Depletion in Male Rats and Increases Tryptophan Hydroxylase two and GABAA α1 mRNA Expression in the Olfactory Bulb

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Scoring Methods of Aggression in Murine Models of Aggression and Social Defeat

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A comprehensive analysis of adult ultrasonic vocalizations in Cntnap2 knockout mice reveals quantitative, qualitative, and sex-specific differences

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The intake of monosodium aspartate attenuates aggression induced by post-weaning social isolation in an ADHD rat model

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Social experience affects patterns of vasopressin receptor 1a expression in a way that differs by sex

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