Differential effects of courtship and mating on receptivity and brain metabolism in female red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-149

  Mendonça, Mary T ^a   Daniels, Dena ^a   Crews, David ^b   Faro, Constance ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLOACA; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

EID: 0037316281     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.117.1.144     Document Type: Article

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