Gonadotrophic Hormones Affect Aggressive Behavior in Starlings

10 November 1961

journal article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 134 (3489) , 1522-1523
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3489.1522

Abstract

Injections of gonadotrophic hormones into subordinate male European starlings produced reversals in social rank, suggesting that pituitary gonadotrophic hormones rather than gonadal hormones influence aggressive behavior in this species.

Keywords

BEHAVIOR/PHARMACOLOGY
BIRDS/PHYSIOLOGY
GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY/PHARMACOLOGY

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Science, 1957
Modification of the Social Order in Flocks of Hens by the Injection of Testosterone Propionate
Physiological Zoology, 1939
On the Relation of Anterior Pituitary of Fowl with Production of the Gonadstimulating Hormone
Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, 1938