Territorial aggression, circulating levels of testosterone, and brain aromatase activity in free-living pied flycatchers

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 225-234

  Silverin, Bengt ^a   Baillien, Michelle ^b   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Immunocytochemistry; Preoptic area; Songbird; Territorial defense

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIENCEPHALON; EGG LAYING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SIMULATION; TELENCEPHALON; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; DIENCEPHALON; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TELENCEPHALON; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1842524136     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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