Anti-aggressive effects of neuropeptide S independent of anxiolysis in male rats

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Beiderbeck, Daniela Ingeborg ; Lukas, Michael ; Neumann, Inga D.

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Abstract

Neuropeptide S (NPS) exerts robust anxiolytic and memory enhancing effects, but only in a non-social context. In order to study whether NPS affects aggressive behavior we used Wistar rats bred for low (LAB) and high (HAB) levels of innate anxiety-related behaviour, respectively, which were both described to display increased levels of aggression compared with Wistar rats not selectively bred for ...