Maternal behavior in male rats: Effects of medial preoptic area lesions and presence of maternal aggression

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 201-215

  Rosenblatt, Jay S ^a   Hazelwood, Senator ^b   Poole, Jekeisa ^b  

^a Institute of Animal Behavior   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030250549     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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