Acute and chronic effects of an aromatase inhibitor on pair-maintenance behavior of water-restricted zebra finch pairs

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-71

  Prior, Nora H ^a   Yap, Kang Nian ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Estradiol; Fadrozole; Neurosteroids; Pair bond; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCALIZATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

AFFILIATION; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; NEUROSTEROIDS; PAIR BOND; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 84890201319     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.10.018     Document Type: Article

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