Effects of androgens on behavioral and vomeronasal responses to chemosensory cues in male terrestrial salamanders (Plethodon shermani)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Schubert, Stephanie N ^a   Houck, Lynne D ^b   Feldhoff, Pamela W ^c   Feldhoff, Richard C ^c   Woodley, Sarah K ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Androgen; Chemosensory; Odorant; Olfaction; Pheromone; Salamander; Steroid; Testosterone; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; ANDROGEN; PHEROMONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CORTICOSTERONE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; MALE; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TESTOSTERONE; URODELA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 33747040519     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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