Social status and arginine vasotocin neuronal phenotypes in a cichlid fish

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 203-213

  Almeida, Olinda ^a   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Nonapeptides; Social behaviour; Social dominance; Territoriality; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; MAMMALIA; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

ARGIPRESTOCIN; STEROID;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CICHLID; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CICHLIDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEURONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STEROIDS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84937023188     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: 14219743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381251     Document Type: Article

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