Neurosteroids and behavior

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 321-348

  Engel, Sharon R ^a   Grant, Kathleen A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELTANOLONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; BRAIN LEVEL; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; HUMANS; PREGNANOLONE; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0035225092     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7742(01)46067-3     Document Type: Article

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