Neuroendocrine contributions to sexual partner preference in birds

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-163

  Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor antagonist; Aromatase inhibitor; Estradiol; Homosexual behavior; Japanese quail; Sexual differentiation; Sexual imprinting; Sexual partner preference; Social experience; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

17BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 4; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FADROZOLE; FLUTAMIDE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROMATIZATION; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CASTRATION; CHD1 GENE; COPULATION; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FINCH; GENE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MALE; MASCULINITY; MATE CHOICE; MONOGAMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NGF GENE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REVIEW; RPL17 GENE; RPL37 GENE; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRKB GENE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; COTURNIX; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PAIR BOND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79955465259     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2011.01.003     Document Type: Review

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