Social control of the brain

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-151

  Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astatotilapia burtoni; control of the brain; immediate early genes; social behavior; social behavior network; teleost fish

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; STEROID;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CICHLID; COGNITION; DECEPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 84862637686     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-062111-150520     Document Type: Review

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