Gonadal hormones modulate the display of submissive behavior in socially defeated female Syrian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-575

  Faruzzi, Alicia N ^a   Solomon, Matia B ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^b   Huhman, Kim L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Estradiol; Gonadal hormones; Hormone replacement; Sex differences; Stress; Submission; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TIME;

EID: 16244412329     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.11.023     Document Type: Article

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