Fasting increases aggression and differentially modulates local and systemic steroid levels in male zebra finches

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4328-4339

  Fokidis, H Bobby ^a   Prior, Nora H ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; STEROID;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN REGION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFEEDING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FINCHES; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84886523347     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-1171     Document Type: Article

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