Dopamine mediates testosterone-induced social reward in male syrian hamsters

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1225-1234

  Bell, Margaret R ^a   Sisk, Cheryl L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAGINAL SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CRICETINAE; CUES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; REWARD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84874607819     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2042     Document Type: Article

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