Behavioral and hormonal effects of exogenous vasotocin and corticosterone in the green treefrog

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-197

  Burmeister, Sabrina ^a   Somes, Christine ^a   Wilczynski, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Androgens; Courtship; Hyla cinerea; Reproductive behavior; Stress; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FROG; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0035012218     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7625     Document Type: Article

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