Functional connectivity among limbic brain areas: Differential effects of incubation temperature and gonadal sex in the leopard gecko, Eublepharis macularius

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-151

  Sakata, Jon T ^a   Coomber, Patricia ^a   Gonzalez Lima, F ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cytochrome oxidase; Functional connectivity; Reptile; Sexual behavior; Temperature dependent sex determination

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LIMBIC CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033911211     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006648     Document Type: Article

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