Sex and species differences in neuromodulatory input to a premotor nucleus: A comparative study of substance P and communication behavior in weakly electric fish

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-315

  Kolodziejski, Johanna A ^a   Nelson, Brian S ^a   Smith, G Troy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apteronotus; Central posterior pre pacemaker nucleus (CP PPn); Chirp; Electric organ discharge (EOD); Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APTERONOTUS ALBIFRONS; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PREDICTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE P; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12744254904     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20095     Document Type: Article

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