Postnatal blockade of androgen receptors or aromatase impair the expression of stress hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis habituation in adult male rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-257

  Bingham, Brenda ^a   Gray, Megan ^a   Sun, Terri ^a   Viau, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Aromatase; Corticosterone; Flutamide; Habituation; Neonatal; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; AROMATASE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HABITUATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; WEANING;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROSTATRIENES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79551495774     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.07.015     Document Type: Article

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