Nonapeptides and the evolution of social group sizes in birds

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue MARCH, 2011, Pages 9-

  Goodson, James L ^a   Kingsbury, Marcy A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bird; Evolution; Mesotocin; Oxytocin; Sociality; Vasopressin; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ARGIPRESTOCIN; MESOTOCIN; NONAPEPTIDE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BREEDING METHOD; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SYSTEM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 82855174893     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00013     Document Type: Article

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