Food restriction promotes signaling effort in response to social challenge in a short-lived electric fish

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Gavassa, Sat ^a   Stoddard, Philip K ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Allostatic load; Cortisol; Electric fish; Food restriction; Glucocorticoids; Reproduction; Semelparity; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; WAVEFORM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867650606     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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