Steroid hormone mediation of limbic brain plasticity and aggression in free-living tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 587-597

  Kabelik, David ^a   Weiss, Stacey L ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Amygdala; Brain volume; Corticosterone; Estradiol; Preoptic area; Reptile; Seasonal changes; Testosterone; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHESIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIZARD; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TREE; UROSAURUS ORNATUS; ZONA INCERTA;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LIZARDS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; TESTOSTERONE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33646123747     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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