Aggressive interactions rapidly increase androgen synthesis in the brain during the non-breeding season

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 381-389

  Pradhan, Devaleena S ^a   Newman, Amy E M ^a   Wacker, Douglas W ^b   Wingfield, John C ^c   Schlinger, Barney A ^d   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3beta HSD; Aggression; Androstenedione; Aromatase; Challenge hypothesis; Coenzyme; Cofactor; DHEA; Estradiol; Estrogens; Intracrine; NAD+; Neurosteroid; Song sparrow; Songbird; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GONAD; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPARROW; TELENCEPHALON; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; MALE; NAD; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPARROWS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77950927516     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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