Effects of anabolic androgenic steroids and social subjugation on behavior and neurochemistry in male rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-422

  Frahm, Krystle A ^a   Lumia, Augustus R ^a   Fernandez, Elizabeth ^a   Strong, Randy ^a   Roberts, James L ^a   McGinnis, Marilyn Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; HPLC; Male sex behavior; Puberty; Tail pinch; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANABOLIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUBJUGATION;

AGGRESSION; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 78049500377     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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