Sex and temporal variations of the vasotocin neuronal system in the damselfish brain

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-204

  Maruska, Karen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; AVT; Immunocytochemistry; Midbrain; Neuromodulation; Seasonal; Sensory; Torus Semicircularis; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; DAMSELFISH; FEMALE; FISH; GIANT CELL; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARVOCELLULAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TECTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 58149164870     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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