Regulation of pseudosexual behavior in the parthenogenetic whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus uniparens

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4622-4631

  Dias, Brian George ^a   Crews, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 4 IODO 2,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; KETANSERIN; METHYSERGIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CNEMIDOPHORUS UNIPARENS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; LIZARD; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYCLE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

8-HYDROXY-2-(DI-N-PROPYLAMINO)TETRALIN; AMPHETAMINES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LIZARDS; MALE; OVARIECTOMY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONISTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 50449102059     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0214     Document Type: Article

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