Adolescent anabolic-androgenic steroid exposure alters lateral anterior hypothalamic serotonin-2A receptors in aggressive male hamsters

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-262

  Schwartzer, Jared J ^a   Ricci, Lesley A ^a   Melloni Jr , Richard H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aggression; Anabolic androgenic steroids; Serotonin; Serotonin 2A receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE DERIVATIVE; NANDROLONE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

AGGRESSION; AGING; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NANDROLONE; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 61349175781     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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