Intracerebral sex differences in the vasotocin system in birds: Possible implication in behavioral and autonomic functions

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 673-681

  Jurkevich, Aleksandr ^a,c   Barth, Stephan W ^a   Aste, Nicoletta ^b   Panzica, GianCarlo ^b   Grossmann, Roland ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN REGION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030423711     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0068     Document Type: Article

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