An acute stressor alters steroid hormone levels and activity but not sexual behavior in male and female Ocoee salamanders (Desmognathus ocoee)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-432

  Woodley, Sarah K ^a   Lacy, Eva L ^b  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Amphibian; Corticosterone; Estrogen; Mating behavior; Reproduction; Salamander; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; DESMOGNATHUS OCOEE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; URODELA;

EID: 77955274523     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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