Neuroendocrine regulation of long-term pair maintenance in the monogamous zebra finch

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-22

  Prior, Nora H ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Estradiol; Pair bond; Social behavior network; Testosterone; Water restriction

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NONAPEPTIDE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COURTSHIP; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MONOGAMY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PAIR BONDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BONDING; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WATER DEPRIVATION; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FINCHES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84947863660     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.04.014     Document Type: Article

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