Testosterone modulation of anxiety in gonadally-suppressed male rhesus monkeys: A role for gonadotropins?

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-104

  Suarez Jimenez, Benjamin ^a,b   Gore, Heather E ^a   Hachey, Julie ^a   King, Hanna M ^a   Lacreuse, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Anxiety; Emotion; Fear; Leuprolide acetate; Luteinizing hormone; Macaque

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LEUPRORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OIL; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMOTION; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEAR; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUPROLIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84873474741     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: 18735177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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