Sex-Specific Modulation of Cell Proliferation by Socially Relevant Stimuli in the Adult Green Treefrog Brain (Hyla cinerea)

• Published in: Brain, behavior and evolution Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 143 - 154
• Main Authors: Almli, Lynn M., Wilczynski, Walter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2009
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Amphibians; Analysis of Variance; Androgens - blood; Animals; Anura; Anura - physiology; Brain - metabolism; Brain - physiology; Breeding seasons; Bromodeoxyuridine - metabolism; Cell Count; Cell Proliferation; Estrogens; Estrogens - blood; Female; Females; Hormones; Hyla cinerea; Immunoenzyme Techniques; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Original Paper; Sex Characteristics; Sexual behavior; Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology; Social Environment; Steroid hormones; Vocalization, Animal - physiology; Cell proliferation; Acoustic communication; Social behavior; Neurogenesis; Amphibian; BrdU

Social experience plays an important role in regulating the neural, physiological and hormonal changes that accompany the expression of reproductive behavior in vertebrates. This suite of functions is sexually dimorphic, with different neural control areas preeminent in males and females. In anuran...