Effects of Aromatase Inhibition and Androgen Activity on Serotonin and Behavior in Male Macaques

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 400-414

  Bethea, Cynthia L ^a   Reddy, Arubala P ^b   Robertson, Nicola ^a   Coleman, Kristine ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgen; Aromatase; Fenfluramine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTA 1, 4, 6 TRIENE 3, 17 DIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; DUTASTERIDE; DUTASTERIDE PLUS TESTOSTERONE; FENFLURAMINE; FLUTAMIDE; LETROZOLE; PROLACTIN; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASTRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; MACACA; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; YAWNING;

5-ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; AZASTEROIDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FENFLURAMINE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NITRILES; ORCHIECTOMY; PROLACTIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIAZOLES; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84878777825     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032016     Document Type: Article

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