Serotonin, social status and sex change in the bluebanded goby Lythrypnus dalli

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 476-483

  Lorenzi, Varenka ^a   Carpenter, Russ E ^b   Summers, Cliff H ^b,c   Earley, Ryan L ^d   Grober, Matthew S ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTP; Aggression; Dominance; Fluoxetine; p MPPI; PCPA; Protogyny

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM; LYTHRYPNUS DALLI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINOPYRIDINES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FENCLONINE; FISHES; FLUOXETINE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PIPERAZINES; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65549102851     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.03.026     Document Type: Article

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