5HT1A-receptors and behaviour under chronic stress: Selective counteraction by testosterone

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2685-2693

  Flugge G ^a   Kramer, M ^a   Rensing, S ^a   Fuchs, E ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

5HT1A receptor; Psychosocial stress; Testosterone; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SCANDENTIA; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS; TESTIS; URINE; ANIMAL TISSUE; GROOMING; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DENTATE GYRUS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EPIDIDYMIS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; STRESS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TUPAIA;

EID: 0031593340     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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