Effects of season, testosterone and female exposure on c-fos expression in the preoptic area and amygdala of male green anoles

Brain Research

Volumn 1166, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 124-131

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychology and Zoology   (United States)

Author keywords

Copulation; Courtship; Immediate early gene; Reproductive behavior; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DRUG IMPLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE ACTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547940450     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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