The male red-bellied newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) approaches the female's cloaca prior to performing any courtship behaviour, as if he is using some released substance to gauge whether she is sexually receptive. Therefore, we investigated whether su...
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY 224 96-103 2015年12月 [査読有り]
Reproductive behavior in amphibians, as in other vertebrate animals, is under the control of multiple hormonal substances. Prolactin (PRL), arginine vasotocin (AVT), androgen, and 7 alpha-hydroxypregnenolone (7 alpha-OH PREG), four such substances...
Tomoaki Nakada Kimiko Hagino-Yamagishi Koki Nakanishi Makoto Yokosuka Toru R. Saito Fumiyo Toyoda Itaru Hasunuma Takashi Nakakura Sakae Kikuyama
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY 522(15) 3501-3519 2014年10月 [査読有り]
We analyzed the expression of G protein a subunits and the axonal projection into the brain in the olfactory system of the semiaquatic newt Cynops pyrrhogaster by immunostaining with antibodies against G alpha(olf) and G alpha(o), by in situ hybri...
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