The 'home advantage' is necessary for a full winner effect and changes in post-encounter testosterone

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 214-219

  Fuxjager, Matthew J ^a   Mast, Gabriel ^a   Becker, Elizabeth A ^a   Marler, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Challenge Hypothesis; Home advantage; Mice; Peromyscus californicus; Progesterone; Testosterone; Winner effect

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67651002132     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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