Androgen-induced vocal transformation in adult female African clawed frogs

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 415-428

  Potter, Kristen A ^a   Bose, Tina ^a   Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; FROG; GENDER; IN VIVO STUDY; LARYNX MUSCLE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRILIZATION; VOCALIZATION; VOICE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL SIZE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 21544474975     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01279.2004     Document Type: Article

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