Effects of anabolic androgenic steroids on the development and expression of running wheel activity and circadian rhythms in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1010-1018

  McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a   Lumia, Augustus R ^a,b   Tetel, Marc J ^c,d   Molenda Figueira, Heather A ^d   Possidente, Bernard ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Body weight; Circadian rhythms; Rats; Running wheel activity; SRC 2

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; BRAIN PROTEIN; NANDROLONE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; STANOZOLOL; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GONAD; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMPLANT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; RAT; RUNNING; TREADMILL;

EID: 36049009080     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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