Intermale competition in sexually mature Arctic charr: Effects on brain monoamines, endocrine stress responses, sex hormone levels, and behavior

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 450-460

  Elofsson, Ulf O E ^a   Mayer, Ian ^b   Damsgård, Børge ^c   Winberg, Svante ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPETITION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST;

EID: 0034051216     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7487     Document Type: Article

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