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Differential effect of Fyn tyrosine kinase deletion on offensive and defensive aggression.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Jul 2001
Miyakawa T, Yagi T, Takao K, Niki H
Abstract excerpt
Fyn tyrosine kinase is highly expressed in the limbic system and mice lacking Fyn tyrosine kinase showed increased fearfulness in a variety of tests for anxiety-related behaviors. To investigate the possible role of Fyn tyrosine kinase in aggression, we assessed the aggressive behaviors of the mice lacking the Fyn tyrosine kinase using the resident-intruder and restraint-induced target biting paradigms. The...
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