Prolactin and testosterone affect seasonal differences in male meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus, odor preferences for female conspecifics

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-143

  Leonard, Stuart T ^a   Ferkin, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Meadow voles; Odor preferences; Prolactin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLE;

MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS;

EID: 0033454012     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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