Allopregnanolone promotes success in food competition in subordinate male rats

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-23

  Löfgren, Magnus ^a   Bengtsson, Sara K ^a   Johansson, Maja ^a   Bäckström, Torbjörn ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Allopregnanolone; Anxiety; Behavior; Hierarchy; Subordinate; Triad

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPETITION TEST; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MILK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SERUM; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; PREGNANOLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878902138     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350478     Document Type: Article

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