The role of prostaglandin F(2α) and oxytocin in the reproductive behavior of a marsupial, Bettongia gaimardi

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 120-125

  Rose, R W ^a   Macfadyen, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DINOPROST; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OXYTOCIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASMANIA;

EID: 0031106976     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1373     Document Type: Article

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