Effects of melatonin on the behavioral and hormonal responses of red-sided garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) to exogenous corticosterone

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 692-702

  Lutterschmidt, Deborah I ^a   LeMaster, Michael P ^b   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Courtship; Garter snake; Ketanserin; Mating; Melatonin; Reptile; Serotonin; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE; KETANSERIN; MELATONIN; SEROTONIN 2A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; SPRING; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; COURTSHIP; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; KETANSERIN; MELATONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 8844260288     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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