Perinatal steroid treatments alter alloparental and affiliative behavior in prairie voles

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 576-582

  Roberts, R Lucille ^a,b   Zullo, Amy ^a   Gustafson, Eric A ^a   Carter, C Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; GENDER; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOLE;

EID: 0030424355     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0060     Document Type: Article

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