The effects of social isolation on steroid hormone levels are modulated by previous social status and context in a cichlid fish

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-5

  Galhardo, L ^a,b   Oliveira, R F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androgen; Cognitive appraisal; Cortisol; Testosterone; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CICHLID; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TERRITORIALITY;

11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; COGNITIVE APPRAISAL; CORTISOL; TESTOSTERONE; TILAPIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEROIDS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; TILAPIA;

EID: 84890139456     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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