Nonapeptides and Social Behavior in Fishes

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-238

  Godwin, John ^a   Thompson, Richmond ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Arginine vasotocin; Fish; Isotocin; Neurohypophysial; Oxytocin; Sexual behavior; Teleost; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ISOTOCIN;

AGGRESSION; BATRACHOIDIFORMES; CICHLID; COURTSHIP; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EVOLUTION; GYMNOTIFORMES; HORMONE ACTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERCIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALMONIFORMES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHES; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84863393682     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.12.016     Document Type: Review

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