Molecular and neural control of sexually dimorphic social behaviors

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-95

  Yang, Taehong ^a   Shah, Nirao M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84964928638     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.04.015     Document Type: Review

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