The Effect of Elevated Steroids Released by Reproductive Male Round Gobies, Neogobius melanostomus, on Olfactory Responses in Females

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-262

  Laframboise, Alyson J ^a   Katare, Yogesh ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Zielinski, Barbara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11 Oxo etiocholanolone; Electro olfactogram (EOG); Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hormone; Neogobius melanostomus; Pheromone; Round goby; Steroid

Indexed keywords

11 OXOETIOCHOLANOLONE; 11-KETOETIOCHOLANOLONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GONADORELIN;

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; INVASIVE SPECIES; OLFACTORY CUE; PERCIFORM; PHEROMONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PERCIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; NEOGOBIUS;

EID: 79953078589     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9923-6     Document Type: Article

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