... chemosensation. This paper describes units of exploratory behavior, including use of the tongue, in a microsmatic lizard, the green anole, Anolis carolinensis. This species employs its tongue in a manner suggestive of chemosensory exploration, but it possesses modest peripheral chemosensory organs and reduced...

... investigated the brain of Anolis carolinensis, a species whose visual courtship displays, mating postures and gonadal cycles are well known. Using antisera that recognize multiple GnRH forms, we observed no GnRHir cells or fibers in the forebrain. In the midbrain, however, GnRHir cells occurred along...

...(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Serotonin 5-HT 1B 5-HT1D Territoriality Dominance Submission Anolis In prior experiments with Anolis...

...Lewis R. Baxter Jr.; Robert F. Ackermann; Edward C. Clark; John E.G. Baxter Ritualistic displays of aggressive intent are important social signals, often obviating physically dangerous engagement. To date, however, brain regions mediating such behaviors are not established. Here we used male Anolis...

... Anolis carolinensis as the ratio of 5-HT to its metabolite, 5-hydroxy-indol-acetic acid, and also as the accumulation of the in vivo tracer 14 C-alpha-methyl-tryptophan ( 14 C-AMT). After patching one eye, displaying dominant animals increased both measures of 5-HT turnover in the forebrain hemisphere...

...Edward C. Clark; Lewis R. Baxter Jr.; Leon S. Dure; Robert F. Ackermann; George F. Kemp; Susan E. Bachus We used in situ autoradiographic ligand binding methods to determine the occurrence and distribution of dopamine D 1 and D 2 receptor sub-types in the anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Both...

... the occurrence and distribution of pharmacologically mammal-like 5-HT 2A and 5-HT 2C receptors in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis, with particular attention to the striatum. We also determined the distributions of 5-HT 1A , 5-HT 1B/D , 5 HT 3 , and 5-HT uptake receptors for comparison. All 5-HT receptors...