Sex steroid communication in the ring dove brain during courtship

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-370

  Belle, Mino David Charles ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b   Lea, Robert William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Colocalization; Cross talk; Progesterone receptor; Ring dove

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOVE; FLUORESCENCE; GIANT CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MODEL; NERVE CELL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 0038540446     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y03-036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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