Acutely administered ethanol participates in testosterone synthesis and increases testosterone in rat brain

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-43

  Alomary, Ahmed A ^a,b   Vallée, Monique ^a   O'Dell, Laura E ^a   Koob, George F ^a   Purdy, Robert H ^a,b,c   Fitzgerald, Robert L ^b,d  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,1 Dideuteroethanol; Adrenalectomized Gonadectomized Rats; Ethanol; NCI GC MS; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEUTERIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADRENALECTOMY; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0037257256     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2003.tb02718.x     Document Type: Article

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