New insights into neuropeptide modulation of aggression: Field studies of arginine vasotocin in a territorial tropical damselfish

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1605, 2006, Pages 3085-3092

  Santangelo, Nick ^a,b   Bass, Andrew H ^a  

^a Mudd Hall ^*  (United States)

^b EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Neuroendocrine; Teleost; V1 type receptor; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; ISOTOCIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ARGIPRESSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; OXYTOCIC AGENT; SK&F 100273; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR;

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HORMONE; PEPTIDE; PERCIFORM;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TELEOST; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

MAMMALIA; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE; STEGASTES LEUCOSTICTUS; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PERCIFORMES; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; TERRITORIALITY; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 39049178085     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3683     Document Type: Article

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