Gonadotrophic hormones affect aggressive behavior in starling.
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.
D000818:Animals; D001519:Behavior / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D006062:Gonadotropins; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D010902:Pituitary Gland; D046749:Starlings
D006062:Gonadotropins; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary
BEHAVIOR/pharmacology; BIRDS/physiology; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY/pharmacology