Aggressive encounters differentially affect serum dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone concentrations in male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-381

  Scotti, Melissa Ann L ^a   Schmidt, Kim L ^b   Newman, Amy E M ^b   Bonu, Tafor ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^b,c   Demas, Gregory E ^a  

^a Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Circadian; DHEA; Melatonin; Photoperiod; Rapid

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349737599     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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