Species differences in the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase in Cnemidophorus whiptail lizards

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 360-368

  Woolley, Sarah C ^b   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Lizard; Parthenogenetic; Ploidy; Reproduction; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS INORNATUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME REGULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLOIDY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; NEURONS; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 3543113860     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20044     Document Type: Article

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