The role of sex steroids in courtship, pairing and pairing behaviors in the socially monogamous zebra finch

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-147

  Tomaszycki, Michelle L ^a   Banerjee, Sunayana B ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

ATD; Birds; Flutamide; Monogamy; Pairing; Sex Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ANTIANDROGEN; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; FLUTAMIDE; SEX HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DRUG CAPSULE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZEBRA FISH;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROSTATRIENES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FINCHES; FLUTAMIDE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33646829961     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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