Adapting Social Defeat Stress for Female Mice Using Species-Typical Interfemale Aggression

SEE CORRESPONDING ARTICLE ON PAGE 657 Fighting Females: Neural and Behavioral Consequences of Social Defeat Stress in Female MiceBiological PsychiatryVol. 86Issue 9PreviewDespite the twofold higher prevalence of major depressive and posttraumatic stress disorders in women compared with men, most clinical and preclinical studies have focused on male subjects. We used an ethological murine model to study several cardinal symptoms of affective disorders in the female targets of female aggression. Full-Text PDF