Hormones and the neuromuscular control of courtship in the golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus)

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 143-156

  Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Barske, Julia ^a   Day, Lainy ^b   Fusani, Leonida ^c   Fuxjager, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

5Alpha reductase; Androgen receptors; Androgens; Aromatase; Behavioral ecology; Estrogens; Neuroendocrinology; Sex steroids; Songbirds; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; SCOPOLAMINE; STEROID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADVERTIZING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING SUCCESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COURTSHIP; ECOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MANACUS VITELLINUS; MATE CHOICE; MOTONEURON; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SONGBIRD; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84881316491     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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