Differential effects of arginine vasotocin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone on sexual behaviors in an anuran amphibian

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Propper, Catherine R ^a   Dixon, Timothy B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOAD;

EID: 0031396445     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1408     Document Type: Article

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