Anabolic-androgenic steroid exposure during adolescence and aggressive behavior in golden hamsters

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Melloni Jr , Richard H ^a   Connor, Daniel F ^a   Xuan Hang, Phuong T ^b   Harrison, Robert J ^a   Ferris, Craig F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Anabolic androgenic; Behavior; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; BOLDENONE UNDECENOATE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ADOLESCENCE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0342813108     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00373-3     Document Type: Article

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