EFFECTS OF CHRONIC TREATMENT WITH TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE ON AGGRESSION AND HORMONAL LEVELS IN INTACT MALE MICE

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 275 - 293
• Main Authors: Martı́nez-Sanchis, S, Salvador, A, Moya-Albiol, L, González-Bono, E, Simón, V.M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.04.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: AAS; Aggression; Aggression - drug effects; Agonistic Behavior - drug effects; Anabolic Agents - pharmacology; Animals; Arousal - drug effects; Behavioral psychophysiology; Biological and medical sciences; Corticosterone; Corticosterone - blood; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hormones and behavior; Individual differences; Individuality; Intact male mice; Male; Mice; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Social Behavior; Testosterone; Testosterone - blood; Testosterone - pharmacology; Intact male mice; Testosterone; AAS; Corticosterone; Aggression; Individual differences; Androgen; Defensive behavior; Body weight; Rodentia; Male; Testicle; Male genital system; Multiple dose; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Mouse; Social interaction; Conflict; Animal; Interindividual comparison; Testicular hormone; Sex steroid hormone; Aggressiveness; Agonistic behavior

Effects of testosterone propionate, an anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS), on aggression in gonadally intact male mice were examined. Animals were given weekly injections of 3.75, 7.5, 15, and 30 mg/kg of drug or sesame oil for 10 weeks. During the last 3 weeks, behavioral tests were conducted and at...