Dopamine activity in the lateral anterior hypothalamus modulates AAS-induced aggression through D2 but not D5 receptors

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 645-655

  Schwartzer, Jared J ^a   Melloni, Richard H ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anabolic androgenic steroids; Dopamine D2 and D5 receptors; Offensive aggression; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 5 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETICLOPRIDE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HAMSTER; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; CRICETINAE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D5; SALICYLAMIDES;

EID: 77958113864     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020899     Document Type: Article

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