Aggressive interactions differentially modulate local and systemic levels of corticosterone and DHEA in a wild songbird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-396

  Newman, Amy E M ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Brain; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Liver; Muscle; Neurosteroid; Season; Stress; Territory; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PRASTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRASTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS; TERRITORIALITY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 80052149992     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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