Involvement of the neurosteroid 7α-hydroxypregnenolone in the courtship behavior of the male newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-380

  Toyoda, Fumiyo ^a   Hasunuma, Itaru ^b   Nakada, Tomoaki ^c   Haraguchi, Shogo ^d   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^d   Kikuyama, Sakae ^b,d  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 hydroxypregnenolone; Behavior; Courtship; Dopamine; Neurosteroid; Newt

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; CYTOCHROME P450; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; KETOCONAZOLE; NEUROSTEROID; PROLACTIN; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; CYNOPS PYRROGASTER; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

14-ALPHA DEMETHYLASE INHIBITORS; 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; COURTSHIP; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84867634862     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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