Acute effects of glucocorticoids: Behavioral and pharmacological perspectives

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 337-344

  Haller, Jozsef ^a   Halasz, Jozsef ^a   Makara, Gabor B ^a   Kruk, Menno R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute effects; Aggression; Behavior; Ethopharmacology; Glucocorticoids; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 0032408153     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(98)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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