The importance of social condition in the hormonal and behavioral responses to an acute social stressor in the male Siberian dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 209-216

  Castro, William Lesley R ^a   Matt, Kathleen S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Hamster; Hormones; Social condition; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0031407793     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1423     Document Type: Article

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