Social descent with territory loss causes rapid behavioral, endocrine and transcriptional changes in the brain

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3656-3666

  Maruska, Karen P ^a,b   Becker, Lisa ^a   Neboori, Anoop ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astatotilapia burtoni; Cfos; Defeat; Immediate early gene; Social behavior network; Status loss; Subordinate; Teleost

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; FISH PROTEIN; HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; BLOOD; BRAIN; CFOS; CICHLID; DEFEAT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR NETWORK; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATUS LOSS; SUBORDINATE; TELEOST; TERRITORIALITY;

ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CFOS; DEFEAT; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR NETWORK; STATUS LOSS; SUBORDINATE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84883566842     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.088617     Document Type: Article

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