The role of the androgen receptor in anabolic androgenic steroid-induced aggressive behavior in C57BL/6J and Tfm mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-75

  Robinson, Siobhan ^a   Penatti, Carlos A A ^a,b   Clark, Ann S ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Flutamide; Resident intruder aggression; Testicular feminization mutant

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84855967750     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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