Testosterone is essential for cocaine sensitization in male rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-104

  Menéndez Delmestre, Raissa ^a   Segarra, Annabell C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Castration; Cocaine; Dose response; Gonadectomy; Locomotor activity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIZATION; GONADECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78249284638     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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