Tyrosine hydroxylase expression is affected by sexual vigor and social environment in male Cnemidophorus inornatus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 476, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-439

  Woolley, Sarah C ^a,b   Sakata, J T ^a   Crews, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Dorsal hypothalamus; Preoptic area; Sexual behavior; Social experience; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIZARDS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 3543081110     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20236     Document Type: Article

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