[Inhibition of mouse-killing behavior by rats with taurine, GABA, and its analogues].
The injection of Gaba, of taurine or of a structural analog of GABA (n-dipropylacetate) in the olfactive bulb of "killer" Rats was found to inhibit the mouse-killing behaviour of the rat. The same effect was obtained when taurine or n-dipropylacetate (which increases GABA in the central nervous system), was injected intraperitoneally. The experiments reported here are interpreted to explain certain molecular mechanisms of muricidal behaviour.
D000374:Aggression / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D000613:Aminobutyrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000613:Aminobutyrates; D013654:Taurine; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
Inhibition du comportement muricide du Rat par la taurine, le GABA et ses analogues