A Role for Nonapeptides and Dopamine in Nest-Building Behaviour

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-165

  Hall, Z J ^a   Healy, S D ^a   Meddle, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Mesotocin; Nest building; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; DOPAMINE; MESOTOCIN; NONAPEPTIDE; PROTEIN FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; FINCH; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84921509762     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12250     Document Type: Article

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