The effects of nandrolone decanoate on cocaine-induced kindling in male rats

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2442-2447

  Long, Scott F ^a   Wilson, Marvin C ^b   Davis, W Marvin ^b  

^a Department of Pharmacy Practice   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Cocaine; Kindling; Nandrolone; Rats; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; COCAINE; NANDROLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KINDLING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; NANDROLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033884101     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(00)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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