Seasonal plasticity in the copulatory neuromuscular system of green anole lizards: A role for testosterone in muscle but not motoneuron morphology

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Anolis carolinensis; Hemipene; Reproduction; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMIPENIS; LIZARD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RETRACTOR PENIS MAGNUS MUSCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE; TESTIS; TRANSVERSUS PENIS MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; COPULATION; GENITALIA, MALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1542640437     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10334     Document Type: Article

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