Rapid, corticosterone-induced disruption of medullary sensorimotor integration related to suppression of amplectic clasping in behaving roughskin newts (Taricha granulosa)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-282

  Rose, James D ^a   Marrs, Glen S ^a   Moore, Frank L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COPULATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032420395     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1483     Document Type: Article

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