Increased dopaminergic and 5-hydroxytryptaminergic activities in male rat brain following long-term treatment with anabolic androgenic steroids

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1301-1306

  Thiblin, Ingemar ^a   Finn, Anja ^a   Ross, Svante B ^b   Stenfors, Carina ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Astra Arcus AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; Anabolic androgenic steroids; Dopamine; Frontal cortex; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Rat brain; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBENZYLHYDRAZINE; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; DOPA; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; METANDIENONE; NANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033040169     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702412     Document Type: Article

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