The Foam Production System of the Male Japanese Quail: Characterization of Structure and Function

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-80

  Seiwert, C M ^a   Adkins Regan, E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Cloacal muscles; Electromyography; Fertilization; Japanese quail; Motoneurons; Sexual behavior; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; ENTEROBACTER; JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOACA; COPULATION; COTURNIX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; COPULATION; COTURNIX; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SECRETORY RATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031609970     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006553     Document Type: Article

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