Independent effects of incubation temperature and gonadal sex on the volume and metabolic capacity of brain nuclei in the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius), a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 380, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-421

  Coomber, Patricia ^a   Crews, David ^a   Gonzalez Lima, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

differentiation; oxidative metabolism; reptile; sexual dimorphism; steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; GONAD; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPTILES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030971161     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970414)380:3<409::AID-CNE9>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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