Do Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) synchronize their estrous cycles?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 129-139

  Schank, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled oscillators; Estrous cycle; Estrous synchrony; Menstrual synchrony; Norway rats; Ovarian synchrony; Pheromones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SIBLING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035127190     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00395-4     Document Type: Article

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