Japanese quail as a model system for studying the neuroendocrine control of reproductive and social behaviors

ILAR Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 310-325

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Appetitive sexual behavior; Aromatase; Consummatory sexual behavior; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica); Preoptic area (POA); Sex differences; Sexual differentiation; Sexual learning

Indexed keywords

COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 78649648090     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.51.4.310     Document Type: Article

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