Endogenous vasotocin exerts context-dependent behavioral effects in a semi-naturalistic colony environment

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-107

  Kabelik, David ^a   Klatt, James D ^a   Kingsbury, Marcy A ^a   Goodson, James L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Colony; Context; Courtship; Pair bond; Social behavior; Songbird; Vasopressin; Vasotocin; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST;

AGGRESSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FINCH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENT; FINCHES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 67349193681     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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