Gonadotropin antagonist modulates courtship behavior in male red-sided garter snakes, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Smith, Mitchell T ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Garter snake; GnRH; Pheromones; Reproduction; Sexual behavior; Thamnophis

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0031016419     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00347-2     Document Type: Article

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