Highly context-specific activation of the HPG axis in the dark-eyed junco and implications for the challenge hypothesis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-73

  Rosvall, Kimberly A ^a   Peterson, Mark P ^a,b   Reichard, Dustin G ^a,c,d   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen responsiveness; Challenge hypothesis; Corticosterone; Simulated courtship interaction; Simulated territorial intrusion; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; JUNCO HYEMALIS; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

ANDROGEN RESPONSIVENESS; CHALLENGE HYPOTHESIS; CORTICOSTERONE; SIMULATED COURTSHIP INTERACTION; SIMULATED TERRITORIAL INTRUSION; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SONGBIRDS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899546067     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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