Manipulation of visual sympathetic sign stimulus modifies social status and plasma catecholamines

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-161

  Korzan, Wayne J ^a   Summers, Tangi R ^a   Summers, Cliff H ^a  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anolis carolinensis; Dominant; Dopamine; Epinephrine; Eyespot; Lizard; Norepinephrine; Sign stimulus; Social hierarchy; Social status; Subordinate; Visual cue

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0036036009     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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