Influence of testosterone on some behavioral reactions of male immature rats exposed to continual light

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Lambadjieva, Nina Docheva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biorhythms; Continual light; Locomotor activity; Male immature rats; Open field study; Pain reaction; Tail flick test; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE; NEUROSTEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; HORMONE ACTION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0032935176     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.1999.21.1.527013     Document Type: Article

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