Telencephalon removal does not disrupt the vasotocin-induced spawning reflex in killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 296-300

  Knight, W Rea ^a   Knight, Janet N ^a  

^a HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0030462831     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961101)276:4<296::AID-JEZ7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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