Endocrine control of amphibian sexual behavior: Evidence for a neurohormone-androgen interaction
Hormones and BehaviorPublished 1 December 1979
Frank L. Moore, R. Thomas Zoeller
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It is found that administration of arginine vasopressin to males that were castrated 35 days earlier enhanced sexual behaviors in only those males implanted with androgen.
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The incidence of sexual behavior increased after an injection of arginine-8 vasotocin or arginine-8 vasopressin into intact male newts (Taricha granulosa). Administration of arginine vasopressin to males that were castrated 35 days earlier enhanced sexual behaviors in only those males implanted with androgen.
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