Ghrelin's quick inhibition of androgen-dependent behaviors of male house mice (Mus musculus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-296

  Shah, Sara N ^a   Nyby, John G ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Androgen; Ghrelin; Hormone; Mouse; Olfactory preference; Reproduction; Ultrasound; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GHRELIN; SEX HORMONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GHRELIN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMINAL VESICLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77649184733     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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