Hormones and the regulation of vocal patterns in amphibians: Xenopus laevis vocalizations as a model system

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 693-707

  Yang, E J ^a   Kelley, D B ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Advertisement call; Amplectant call; Androgen; Answer call; Cationic current; Dorsal tegmental area of the medulla (DTAM); Estrogen receptor (ER); Glottal motoneurons (GMNs); Gonadotropin; Growling; Inter click interval (ICI); Laryngeal motoneurons (LMNs); Laryngeal myosin (LM); Larynx; Luteinizing hormone receptor (LHR); Myosin heavy chain isoforms (MYHC); Potassium current; Rapping; Thyroxine; Ticking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884749357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00020-6     Document Type: Chapter

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