Does the non-genomic effect of testosterone on social anxiety require the presence of a classical steroid receptor?

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-461

  Filová, Barbora ^a   Domonkos, Emese ^a   Borbélyová, Veronika ^a   Bábíčková, Janka ^a   Tothova L ^a   Ostatníková, Daniela ^a   Celec, Peter ^a,b   Hodosy, Július ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Non genomic effect; Oestrogen receptor; Social interaction; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; FEAR; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ESTRADIOL; FEAR; GENOMICS; MICE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84955272393     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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