The effects of cortisol administration on social status and brain monoaminergic activity in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2707-2718

  DiBattista, Joseph D ^a   Anisman, Hymie ^b   Whitehead, Megan ^a   Gilmour, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Ottawa Carleton Institute of Biology   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Dopamine; Monoamines; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Rainbow trout; RU486; Serotonin; Social status

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINBOW TROUT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 23744456421     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01690     Document Type: Article

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