Dehydroepiandrosterone in songbird plasma: Seasonal regulation and relationship to territorial aggression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-155

  Soma, Kiran K ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgen; Aromatase; DHEA; DHEA S; Estrogen; GnRH; Neurosteroid; Song; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MELOSPIZA MELODIA MORPHNA; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SONGBIRD; STRESS; TESTIS; TISSUE LEVEL; AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGGRESSION; AGING; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; GONADORELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; PRASTERONE; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; STRESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TERRITORIALITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0034921760     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7657     Document Type: Article

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