Forebrain steroid levels fluctuate rapidly during social interactions.
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SUBMITTER: Remage-Healey L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2577388 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
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Forebrain steroid levels fluctuate rapidly during social interactions.
Remage-Healey Luke L Maidment Nigel T NT Schlinger Barney A BA
Nature neuroscience 20080928 11
Neurosteroids are powerful modulators of brain function and behavior, yet their dynamics in the brain have remained elusive. Using in vivo microdialysis in male zebra finches, we found that local estradiol levels increased rapidly in the forebrain during social interactions with females. Furthermore, when males were exposed to other males' songs, local estradiol levels also increased and testosterone levels dropped in a cortical/pallial auditory region that is analogous to mammalian auditory cor ...[more]
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