Immunity costs and behavioural modulation in male laboratory mice (Mus musculus) exposed to the odours of females

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 857-866

  Barnard, C J ^a   Behnke, J M ^a   Gage, A R ^a   Brown, H ^a   Smithurst, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Female odours; Immunodepression; Mice testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLEEP;

EID: 0030749091     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00249-7     Document Type: Article

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