Role of the Archistriatal Nucleus taeniae in the Sexual Behavior of Male Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica): A Comparison of Function with the Medial Nucleus of the Amygdala in Mammals

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-229

  Thompson, Richmond R ^a,b   Goodson, James L ^a   Ruscio, Michael G ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Archistriatum; Coturnix; Nucleus taeniae; Quail; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX JAPONICA; JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; RODENTIA;

TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLOACA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; COTURNIX; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CLOACA; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; COTURNIX; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; MAMMALS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031637482     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006539     Document Type: Article

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