The role of androgen receptors in regulating territorial aggression in male song sparrows

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-95

  Sperry, Todd S ^a   Wacker, Douglas W ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgen receptor; Antiandrogen; Bird; Flutamide; Song sparrow; Territorial behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; MELOSPIZA MELODIA MORPHNA; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPARROW; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLUTAMIDE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 73049112522     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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