Sex-role reversal is reflected in the brain of African black coucals (Centropus grillii)

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1560-1573

  Voigt, Cornelia ^a   Goymann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Estrogen receptor; Sex role reversal; Territorial aggression

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA;

AFRICAN BLACK COUCAL; AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; BIRD; COURTSHIP; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS TAENIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SEX ROLE REVERSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34848906273     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 1932846X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20528     Document Type: Article

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