Comparison of the effects of stanozolol, oxymetholone, and testosterone cypionate on the sexual behavior of castrated male rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1368-1374

  Clark, Ann S ^a   Harrold, Elizabeth V ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYMETHOLONE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; EJACULATION; ENDURANCE; HOSTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; COPULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EJACULATION; MALE; OXYMETHOLONE; PROSTATE; RATS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031450307     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.6.1368     Document Type: Article

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