Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Integration of Social Signals

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 644-654

  O'Connell, L A ^a,b   Rigney, M M ^a   Dykstra, D W ^a   Hofmann, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Androstenedione; C Fos; Challenge response; Dopamine; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84878261630     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12045     Document Type: Article

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