Neuroendocrinology of social information processing in rats and mice

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 442-459

  Choleris, Elena ^a   Clipperton Allen, Amy E ^a   Phan, Anna ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgens; Arginine vasopressin; Estrogen receptors; Estrogens; Mate choice; Oxytocin; Parasite avoidance; Social learning; Social recognition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ARGIPRESSIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; OXYTOCIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATE CHOICE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70149092313     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2009.05.003     Document Type: Review

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