Evidence that female endocrine state influences catecholamine responses to male courtship song in European starlings

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 137-149

  Riters, Lauren V ^a   Olesen, Kristin M ^a   Auger, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Catecholamines; Communication; Edinger Westphal; Estradiol; Female perception; Lateral septum; Mate choice; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmental area; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STARLING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISION;

EID: 34548463100     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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