The anabolic steroids testosterone propionate and nandrolone, but not 17α-methyltestosterone, induce conditioned place preference in adult mice

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Parrilla Carrero, Jeffrey ^a   Figueroa, Orialis ^b   Lugo, Alejandro ^c   García Sosa, Rebecca ^b   Brito Vargas, Paul ^a   Cruz, Beatriz ^b   Rivera, Mélanis ^b   Barreto Estrada, Jennifer L ^d  

^a Universidad del Este   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids; Conditioned place preference; Mice; Reward

Indexed keywords

METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MISUSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STEROID METABOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DARKNESS; LIGHT; MALE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NANDROLONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 57649100953     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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