'Roid rage in rats? Testosterone effects on aggressive motivation, impulsivity and tyrosine hydroxylase

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 110-111, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-12

  Wood, Ruth I ^a   Armstrong, Abigail ^a   Fridkin, Vlad ^a   Shah, Vivek ^a   Najafi, Allison ^a   Jakowec, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Anabolic agents; Androgen; Dopamine; Fighting

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FIGHTING; FOOD INTAKE; HABIT; IMPULSIVENESS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAGE; RAT; REWARD;

EID: 84872479380     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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