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Away game or home match: the influence of venue and serotonin transporter genotype on the display of offensive aggression.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Jun 2011
Jansen Friederike, Heiming Rebecca S, Kloke Vanessa, Kaiser Sylvia, Palme Rupert, Lesch Klaus-Peter, Sachser Norbert
Abstract excerpt
Aggression can be modulated by both genetic and environmental factors. Here, we analyse how the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotype and the environmental situation in which a contest takes place shape the display of offensive aggression. Therefore, male wildtype, heterozygous, and homozygous 5-HTT knockout mice, which are known to differ in inborn levels of anxiety, were confronted three times with a docile...
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