Social status, breeding state, and GnRH soma size in convict cichlids (Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 318-324

  Chee, San San Amy ^a   Espinoza, Walter A S ^a,c   Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^b   Pakan, Janelle M P ^a,d   Gutiérrez Ibáñez, Cristian ^a   Wylie, Douglas R ^a   Hurd, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breeding state; Convict cichlid; Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus; Gonadotropinreleasing hormone; Social status; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CELL SIZE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOPHEROS NIGROFASCIATUS; FEMALE; FISH; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SEX FACTORS; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84867638395     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.09.023     Document Type: Article

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