Arginine vasotocin neuronal phenotype and interspecific cooperative behaviour

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-176

  Mendonça, Rute ^a   Soares, Marta C ^a,c   Bshary, Redouan ^c   Oliveira, Rui F ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Cleaner wrasse; Mutualism; Preoptic area; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

LABRICHTHYS UNILINEATUS; LABRIDAE; LABROIDES DIMIDIATUS; MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COOPERATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; NEURONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84888290999     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354784     Document Type: Article

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