Central Monoamines in Free-Ranging Lizards: Differences Associated with Social Roles and Territoriality

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-32

  Matter, John M ^a   Ronan, Patrick J ^a   Summers, Cliff H ^a  

^a University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Hydroxyindoleacetic acid; Aggression; Dopamine; Reptile; Sceloporus jarrovi; Serotonin; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS JARROVII; SQUAMATA;

BIOGENIC AMINE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; LIZARDS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0031613104     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006526     Document Type: Article

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