Androgens alter electric organ discharge pulse duration despite stability in electric organ discharge frequency

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 434-442

  Few, W Preston ^a   Zakon, Harold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Androgen receptor; Electric fish; Electric organ; Sternopygus

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; ANDROSTANOLONE; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0035161419     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1709     Document Type: Article

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