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Acute and constitutive increases in central serotonin levels reduce social play behaviour in peri-adolescent rats.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Dec 2007
Homberg Judith R, Schiepers Olga J G, Schoffelmeer Anton N M, Cuppen Edwin, Vanderschuren Louk J M J
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RATIONALE: Serotonin is an important modulator of social behaviour. Individual differences in serotonergic signalling are considered to be a marker of personality that is stable throughout lifetime. While a large body of evidence indicates that central serotonin levels are inversely related to aggression and sexual behaviour in adult rats, the relationship between serotonin and social behaviour during...
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