Testosterone regulates androgen receptor immunoreactivity in the copulatory, but not courtship, neuromuscular system in adult male green anoles

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 560-569

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Wade, J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizard; Motoneurone; Muscle; Reproduction; Season; Sex difference; Sexual dimorphism; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; GENITALIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; ORCHIECTOMY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 23944445312     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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