The effects of sex on chemosensory communication in a terrestrial salamander (Plethodon shermani)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-277

  Schubert, Stephanie N ^a   Houck, Lynne D ^b   Feldhoff, Pamela W ^c   Feldhoff, Richard C ^c   Woodley, Sarah K ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Amphibian; Chemo investigation; Chemosensory; Pheromone; Salamander; Sex difference; Vomeronasal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PLETHODON SHERMANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN SECRETION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AGMATINE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOSE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PHEROMONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URODELA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 45449113534     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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