Auditory stimulation of reproductive function in male Rufous-winged Sparrows, Aimophila carpalis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Small, Thomas W ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b   Bentley, George E ^c   Millar, Robert P ^d   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^e   Strand, Christy ^a   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird; Conspecific; GnIH; GnRH; Heterospecific; HVC; LH; RA; Song; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIMOPHILA CARPALIS; AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RUFOUS WINGED SPARROW; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 37349034545     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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