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The effects of gonadal hormones on the aggressive behaviour of adult golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).
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Aggressive behaviour in unisexual pair encounters between adult male hamsters decreases after castration and is restored by injections of either testosterone propionate or oestradiol benzoate, indicating that progesterone, in the presence of oestrogen, reduces female aggression.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1971-08-01. It has received 126 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Testosterone propionate & Castration.read more
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Monogamy in mammals
TL;DR: This review considers the behavioral, ecological, and reproductive characteristics of mammals exhibiting monogamy, i.e., mating exclusivity, from a discussion of the life histories of selected species of monogamous primates, carnivores, rodents and ungulates.
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Gonadal hormones and sex differences in nonreproductive behaviors in rodents: Organizational and activational influences
TL;DR: Sexual dimorphic responses in the rat are often not similarly differentiated in the hamster, the gerbil, or the mouse; and major differences exist among rodent species in hormonal effects on such responses, suggesting whether sex differences in certain laboratory learning tasks have any adaptive significance.
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Vasopressin injected into the hypothalamus triggers a stereotypic behavior in golden hamsters
TL;DR: Microinjection of arginine vasopressin into the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus of male and female golden hamsters triggered a complex, stereotypic behavior--flank marking--a type of scent marking used in olfactory communication.
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Testosterone, Paternal Behavior, and Aggression in the Monogamous California Mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
TL;DR: This work examined the relationship between paternal behavior and territorial aggression in the biparental California mouse, Peromyscus californicus, and hypothesized that T is aromatized in the brain to estradiol, which in turn stimulates paternal behavior.
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Vasopressin and serotonin interactions in the control of agonistic behavior.
Craig F. Ferris,Yvon Delville +1 more
TL;DR: In hamsters, dominant/subordinate relationships are initially determined by overt aggression, but subsequently communicated by flank marking, an arginine vasopressin (AVP)-dependent behavior, which is possible that the reduction of aggression observed in castrated hamsters is due to a loss of AVP responsiveness in the VLH.
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Nonparametric statistics for the behavioral sciences
TL;DR: This is the revision of the classic text in the field, adding two new chapters and thoroughly updating all others as discussed by the authors, and the original structure is retained, and the book continues to serve as a combined text/reference.
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Sexual differentiation of the brain and its experimental control.
G W Harris,S Levine +1 more
TL;DR: New-born male and female rats possess an undifferentiated mechanism for regulating the release of gonadotrophins, which becomes differentiated in immature males into an acyclic mechanism by the action of the male hormone secreted by the testis and in immature female rats this mechanism remains cyclic in type.
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Early androgen stimulation and aggressive behavior in male and female mice
TL;DR: It was concluded that androgen stimulation of the mouse early in life causes the differentiation of a neural system for aggression which is more sensitive to androgen in adulthood than the system developing in the absence of neonatal androgenic stimulation.
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Modification of ovulatory mechanisms by postnatal administration of estrogen to the rat
TL;DR: By varying the amount of estrogen administered it was found that 5 µg is the minimal dosage capable of inducing this sterility syndrome, and data suggest that the female pattern of cyclic release of gonadotrophins differentiates in the absence of significant estrogen titers.
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