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The hypothesis is that introducing testosterone into female Xenopus laevis induces neural plasticity, causing changes within their brain's neural structure to allow them to produce male vocalizations. Perineural nets (PNN) are believed to stabilize neurons and prevent plastic changes; therefore, a reduction in the PNN is expected to accompany the introduction of testosterone. The PNN is stained with FITC labeled WFA, and fluorescence is compared between control and testosterone females.