Social influences on endocrine activity in guinea pigs, with comparisons to findings in nonhuman primates

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 687-698

  Hennessy, Michael B ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal meduallary sympathetic; Dominance; Guinea pig; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal; Primate; Social factors; Social housing; Social separation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HOUSING; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; PRIMATES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032975628     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7634(99)00013-5     Document Type: Article

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