Attaining and maintaining strong vocal synapses in female Xenopus laevis

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 441-448

  Tobias, Martha L ^a   Tomasson, Jennifer ^a   Kelley, Darcy B ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen levels; Quantal content; Sexual differentiation; Vocal behavior

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FEMALE; LARYNX; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LARYNX; MALE; OVARY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYNAPSES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032533371     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19981115)37:3<441::AID-NEU9>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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