Studies on neurosteroids XVIII. LC-MS analysis of changes in rat brain and serum testosterone levels induced by immobilization stress and ethanol administration

Steroids

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 609-617

  Higashi, Tatsuya ^a   Ninomiya, Yasuaki ^a   Iwaki, Naoko ^a   Yamauchi, Akinori ^a   Takayama, Naoki ^a   Shimada, Kazutake ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 Androstane 3 ,17 diol; Ethanol administration; Immobilization stress; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Rat brain; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANEDIOL; CHLORIDE; NEUROSTEROID; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ETHANOL; HYDRAZINES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROBENZOATES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646800827     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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