The effect of exogenous testosterone on parental behavior, plasma prolactin, and prolactin binding sites in dark-eyed juncos

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-10

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a   Nolan Jr , Val ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b   Buntin, John D ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark eyed junco; Junco hyemalis; Parental behavior; Prolactin; Prolactin receptors; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032143475     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1455     Document Type: Article

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