[Catecholamine levels and tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the brain structures of male mice with a determined behavioral type in a population].

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[Catecholamine levels and tyrosine hydroxylase activity in the brain structures of male mice with a determined behavioral type in a population].

Zhurnal vysshei nervnoi deiatelnosti imeni I P Pavlova - 1 Jan 2000

Serova L I, Kozlova O N

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Biosynthetic activity in brain catecholaminergic neurons was studied in male mice with genetically determined dominant (PT strain) and subordinate (CBA) behaviour. The dominant PT mice were characterized by higher levels of catecholamines and tyrosine hydroxylase activity in most of the brain reg...

Topics

Animals
Behavior, Animal
Brain
Brain Chemistry
Catecholamines
Crosses, Genetic
Genotype
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred Strains
Social Dominance
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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