Vasotocin treatment inhibits courtship in male zebra finches; Concomitant androgen treatment inhibits this effect

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Harding, Cheryl F ^a,b   Rowe, Sandra A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Courtship; Environmental; Reproductive cycle; Song; Stress; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROUGHT; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; GENDER; GONAD; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMPLANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

EID: 0345255955     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.06.007     Document Type: Article

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