Involvement of arginine vasotocin in reproductive events in the male newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-353

  Toyoda, F ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Ito, Y ^b   Tanaka, S ^c   Yamashita, M ^a   Kikuyama, S ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin (AVT); Courtship; Newt; Reproductive behavior; Sodefrin; Spermatophore; Vasopressor receptor antagonist

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; PHEROMONE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0242721392     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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