Distribution of two isozymes of 5α-reductase in the brains of adult male and female green anole lizards

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 279-288

  Cohen, Rachel E ^a   Wade, Juli ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Androgen metabolism; Preoptic area; Testosterone; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPTIC AREA; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; LIZARDS; MALE; PREOPTIC AREA; PROSENCEPHALON; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79451471736     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322096     Document Type: Article

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