Glucocorticoid receptor blockade inhibits brain cell addition and aggressive signaling in electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Dunlap, Kent D ^a   Jashari, Denisa ^a   Pappas, Kristina M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apteronotus leptorhynchus; Cell addition; Cortisol; Electric fish; Electrocommunication; Glucocorticoid receptor; Neurogenesis; RU486; Social behavior; Swimming behavior

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960558999     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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