Androgen receptor expression and morphology of forebrain and neuromuscular systems in male green anoles displaying individual differences in sexual behavior

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 228-236

  Neal, Jennifer K ^a   Wade, Juli ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychology and Zoology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Copulation; Courtship; Preoptic area; Reptile; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; LIZARD; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROSENCEPHALON; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPTILES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 34447624294     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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