Cellular mechanisms of developmental and sex differences in the rapid hormonal modulation of a social communication signal

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 586-597

  Markham, Michael R ^a,b   Stoddard, Philip K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Communication signal; Electric fish; Electric organ discharge (EOD); Melanocortin hormones; Plasticity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ELECTROLYTE; MELANOCORTIN; SEX HORMONE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYHYPOPOMUS GAUDERIO; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTRIC ORGAN DISCHARGE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WAVEFORM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HORMONES; LARVA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876470078     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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