Vasotocin actions on electric behavior: Interspecific, seasonal, and social context-dependent differences

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Perrone, Rossana ^a   Batista, Gervasio ^a   Lorenzo, Daniel ^a   Macadar, Omar ^a   Silva, Ana ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

AVT; Brachyhypopomus gauderio; Electric fish; EOD rate; Gymnotus omarorum; Pacemaker nucleus; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879538415     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00052     Document Type: Article

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