Testosterone treatment diminishes sickness behavior in male songbirds

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 169-176

  Ashley, Noah T ^a,c   Hays, Quentin R ^b   Bentley, George E ^c   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenge Hypothesis; Corticosterone; Immune endocrine interactions; Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis; Lipopolysaccharide; Territorial aggression; Testosterone; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HYPOTHESIS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; STRESS; VERTEBRATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORCHIECTOMY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPARROWS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67349278798     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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