Alcohol dose-dependently enhances 3α-androstanediol formation in frontal cortex of male rats concomitant with aggression

Open Neuropsychopharmacology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-10

  Paris, Jason J ^a   Frye, Cheryl A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Aromatase; Biosynthesis; Estrogen; Ethanol; GABA A; Neurosteroid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; ANDROSTANEDIOL;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 77953384334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18765238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876523800902010001     Document Type: Article

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