Vasotocin/isotocin-immunoreactive neurons in the medaka fish brain are sexually dimorphic and their numbers decrease after spawning in the female

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Ohya, Tamaki ^a   Hayashi, Shinji ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isotocin; Medaka; Ovulation; Sexual difference; Spawning; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ISOTOCIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; ORYZIAS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; ORYZIAS; OXYTOCIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VASOTOCIN;

ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33646567178     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.23     Document Type: Article

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