Comparison of arginine vasotocin immunoreactivity differences in dominant and subordinate green anole lizards

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-107

  Hattori, Tomoko ^a   Wilczynski, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis carolinensis; Arginine vasopressin; Arginine vasotocin; Dominance; Lizard; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIZARDS; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TESTOSTERONE; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 57649183897     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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