The anabolic androgenic steroid, nandrolone decanoate, increases the density of Fos-like immunoreactive neurons in limbic regions of guinea-pig brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 539-544

  Johansson Steensland, Pia ^a   Nyberg, Fred ^a   Chahl, Loris ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Central nervous system; Dependence; Drug abuse

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DECA DURABULIN; DRUG VEHICLE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BITE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GUINEA PIG; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

AGGRESSION; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANGER; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NANDROLONE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036454311     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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