Steroid hormones alter neuroanatomy and aggression independently in the tree lizard

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-501

  Kabelik, David ^a   Weiss, Stacey L ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Amygdala; Lizard; Nucleus sphericus; Progesterone; Reptile; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABENULA; HORMONE ACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; LIZARD; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38849117062     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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