Social isolation induces sexually aggressive behaviour in male Wistar rats

BMC Neuroscience

Table 5 Correlations between serum levels of neurochemical markers and percentage time spent in aggressive behaviour during the SxAT paradigm

Neurochemical marker	Correlation coefficient (Spearman’s rho)	P-value
Testosterone	0.517	0.0583
Serotonin	0.552	0.0406*
Corticosterone	0.537	0.0478*
Oxytocin	-0.810	0.0004 ***
AVP	0.674	0.0082**
CRH	-0.207	0.4781

AVP = arginine vasopressin, CRH = corticotropin releasing hormone. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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