Serotonin in a diencephalic nucleus controlling communication in an electric fish: Sexual dimorphism and relationship to indicators of dominance

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-354

  Telgkamp, Petra ^a   Combs, Nicole ^b   Smith, G Troy ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Chirping; Communication; Serotonin; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; MALE; SEROTONIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 34548653242     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20356     Document Type: Article

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