Anabolic androgenic steroids differentially affect social behaviors in adolescent and adult male Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 378-385

  Salas Ramirez, Kaliris Y ^a   Montalto, Pamela R ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Anabolic androgens; Development; Males; Sexual behavior; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

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

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIBIDO; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NANDROLONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 38749113895     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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