Androgens modulate song effort and aggression in Neotropical singing mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-97

  Pasch, Bret ^a   George, Andreas S ^a   Hamlin, Heather J ^a   Guillette, Louis J ^a   Phelps, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Androgens; Scotinomys; Singing mice; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGING; VOCALIZATION;

AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; MALE; MURIDAE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 78651457745     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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