The vertebrate social behavior network: Evolutionary themes and variations

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 11-22

  Goodson, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Amygdala; Anterior hypothalamus; Arginine vasopressin; Arginine vasotocin; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Bird; Communication; Fish; Isotocin; Lateral septum; Mesotocin; Oxytocin; Sexual behavior; Sociality; Ventromedial hypothalamus; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ECOLOGY; GONAD FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 20344381569     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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