Melatonin treatment affects the attractiveness of the anogenital area scent in meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-235

  Ferkin, Michael H ^a   Kile, Jeffery R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOLE;

EID: 0030250859     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0027     Document Type: Article

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