Nandrolone abuse decreases anxiety and impairs memory in rats via central androgenic receptors

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 925-934

  Kouvelas, Dimitrios ^a   Pourzitaki, Chrysa ^a   Papazisis, Georgios ^a   Dagklis, Themistoklis ^a   Dimou, Konstantinos ^a   Kraus, Michaela M ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Elevated plus maze test; Nandrolone; Olfactory social memory test; Rat behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIANDROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SOCIAL MEMORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEXUALITY;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FLUTAMIDE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NANDROLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 53049094640     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145708008754     Document Type: Article

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