Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis differs between behavioral phenotypes in female white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 426-433

  Lake, Jessica I ^a   Lange, Henry S ^a   O'Brien, Sara ^b   Sanford, Sara E ^a   Maney, Donna L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative phenotypes; Behavioral polymorphism; Estradiol; Estrogen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Luteinizing hormone; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 40849133775     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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