Hormonal regulation of vasotocin receptor mRNA in a seasonally breeding songbird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-263

  Grozhik, Anya V ^a   Horoszko, Christopher P ^a   Horton, Brent M ^a   Hu, Yuchen ^a   Voisin, Dene A ^a   Maney, Donna L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Mesotocin; Nonapeptide; Oxytocin; Song; Testosterone; V1a; Vasopressin; White throated sparrow

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR; VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; NONHUMAN; OTR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPARROW; STRIA TERMINALIS; V1A GENE; VASOTOCIN RECEPTOR GENE; ZONA INCERTA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASON; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEPTAL NUCLEI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPARROWS; TESTOSTERONE; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84896873756     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.11.009     Document Type: Article

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