SPATIAL WORKING-MEMORY IS PRESERVED IN RATS TREATED WITH ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS

Authors
SMITH ST STACKMAN RW CLARK AS
Citation
St. Smith et al., SPATIAL WORKING-MEMORY IS PRESERVED IN RATS TREATED WITH ANABOLIC-ANDROGENIC STEROIDS, Brain research, 737(1-2), 1996, pp. 313-316
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00068993
Volume
737
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
313 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-8993(1996)737:1-2<313:SWIPIR>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
The effects of anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) compounds on spatial working memory were evaluated in male rats. Thirty days of administrat ion of a high dose of three individual AAS compounds (17 alpha-methylt estosterone, methandrostenolone, or testosterone cypionate) had no eff ects on spatial memory or motivation as tested on a delayed non-match- to-sample radial arm maze task. Administration of these AAS compounds at doses within the human abuse range does not impair spatial working memory in rats.