Increased sensitivity of the serotonergic system during the breeding season in free-living American tree sparrows

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-126

  Sperry, Todd S ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^a,b   Meddle, Simone L ^a,c   Benowitz Fredericks, Z Morgan ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; American tree sparrow; Fluoxetine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 11144342307     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.06.015     Document Type: Article

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