Pheromones Enhance Somatosensory Processing in Newt Brains through a Vasotocin-Dependent Mechanism

We tested whether the sex pheromones that stimulate courtship clasping in male roughskin newts do so, at least in part, by amplifying the somatosensory signals that directly trigger the motor pattern associated with clasping and, if so, whether that amplification is dependent on endogenous vasotocin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings: Biological Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 275(2008), 1643, Seite 1685-1693
1. Verfasser: Thompson, R. R. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Dickinson, P. S., Rose, J. D., Dakin, K. A., Civiello, G. M., Segerdahl, A., Bartlett, R.
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings: Biological Sciences
Schlagworte:Sensorimotor Pheromone Vasopressin Medulla Sex Multisensory Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Physical sciences
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