Social confrontation in male guinea pigs: Behavior, experience, and complement activity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 235-241

  Stefanski, Volker ^a,b   Hendrichs, Hubert ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Complement; Confrontation; Dominance; Guinea pigs; Immune activity; Plasma cortisol; Social behavior; Social experience; Social stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; COMPLEMENT PATHWAY, ALTERNATIVE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030185687     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02269-4     Document Type: Article

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