Androgen response to social competition in a shoaling fish

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-12

  Teles, Magda C ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION   (Portugal)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androgens; Challenge hypothesis; Cortisol; Testosterone; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL COMPETITION; ZEBRA FISH; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84945156291     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.009     Document Type: Article

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