Serotonergic modulation of male-like pseudocopulatory behavior in the parthenogenetic whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus uniparens

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-409

  Dias, Brian George ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Neurotransmitters; Preoptic area; Reptile; Serotonin; Sexual behavior; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANDROGEN; CLORGYLINE; DOPAMINE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FENCLONINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SILASTIC; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33747144082     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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