Pinealectomy, melatonin, and courtship behavior in male red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-74

  Mendonça, Mary T ^a,b   Tousignant, Alan J ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUBRIDAE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 0030042311     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19960101)274:1<63::aid-jez7>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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