Amphibian pheromones and endocrine control of their secretion

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 123-130

  Kikuyama, Sakae ^a   Nakada, Tomoaki ^a   Toyoda, Fumiyo ^b   Iwata, Takeo ^a   Yamamoto, Kazutoshi ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Abdominal gland; Amphibia; Pheromone; Prolactin; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CALCIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA; PHEROMONE; PROLACTIN; SILEFRIN; SODEFRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; BREEDING; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLOACA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYNOPS ENSICAUDA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROGS AND TOADS; HORMONE RELEASE; LITORIA SPLENDIDA; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETRY; PLETHODON JORDANI; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMPHIBIA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS ENSICAUDA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; ENTEROBACTER; LITORIA SPLENDIDA; PLETHODON JORDANI;

EID: 22144455672     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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