Publication Date:
1978-03-31
Description:
Inhibition of the release call in gravid female frogs facilitates maintenance of the male's clasp so that oviposition and spawning can occur. Arginine-8 vasotocin inhibits the release call by causing an accumulation of water and internal pressure.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Diakow, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Mar 31;199(4336):1456-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/305115" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Anura
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Female
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Hydrostatic Pressure
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Rana pipiens/*physiology
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Sexual Behavior, Animal/*drug effects
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Vasotocin/*pharmacology
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Vocalization, Animal/*drug effects
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Water-Electrolyte Balance/drug effects
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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