Testosterone exposure, dopaminergic reward, and sensation-seeking in young men

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-456

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a   Dreber, Anna ^b,c   Apicella, Coren L ^d   Eisenberg, Dan T A ^e   Gray, Peter B ^f   Little, Anthony C ^g   Garcia, Justin R ^h   Zamore, Richard S ^h   Lum, J Koji ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Institute for Financial Research (SIFR)   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Department of Anthropology ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^h BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic reward system; DRD4; Sensation seeking; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BOREDOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSATION; SENSATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGENS; DOPAMINE; FACE; FINGERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; SALIVA; SENSATION; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76749159840     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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