Effects of chronic treatment with testosterone propionate on aggression and hormonal levels in intact male mice

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-293

  Martinez Sanchis S ^a   Salvador, A ^a   Moya Albiol, L ^a   Ganzalez Bono E ^a   Simon V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AAS; Aggression; Corticosterone; Individual differences; Intact male mice; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 18844482095     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(98)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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