Sex-specific activity and function of hypothalamic nonapeptide neurons during nest-building in zebra finches

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 818-824

  Klatt, James D ^a   Goodson, James L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Nesting; Oviduct; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESOTOCIN; NONAPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN FOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN V1A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMIC NONAPEPTIDE NEURON; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL REGION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

BIRD; NESTING; OVIDUCT; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FEMALE; FINCHES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ORNIPRESSIN; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84887148339     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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