Repeated anabolic-androgenic steroid treatment during adolescence increases vasopressin V1A receptor binding in Syrian hamsters: Correlation with offensive aggression

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-191

  DeLeon, Katrina R ^a   Grimes, Jill M ^a   Melloni Jr , Richard H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anabolic androgenic steroids; Vasopressin; Vasopressin V1A receptor

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; SESAME SEED OIL; STEROID; VASOPRESSIN V1 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0036421823     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1802     Document Type: Article

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