Androgen dependent seasonal changes in muscle fiber type in the dewlap neuromuscular system of green anoles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Holmes, Melissa M ^a   Bartrem, Casey L ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis carolinensis; Ceratohyoideus; Lizard; Muscle; Myosin ATPase; Retractor penis magnus; Season; Succinate dehydrogenase; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEPENDENCE; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34547837456     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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