Central administration of chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone-II enhances courtship behavior in a female sparrow

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Maney, Donna L ^a   Richardson, Ralph D ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING;

EID: 0031213495     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1399     Document Type: Article

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