Peripartum sex steroid profiles and endocrine correlates of postpartum maternal behavior in captive gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 533-541

  Bahr, Nina I ^a   Martin, Robert D ^a   Pryce, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Estrone conjugates; Gorilla; Great apes; Maternal behavior; Pregnancy; Pregnanediol glucuronide; RIA; Urine

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PREGNANEDIOL; PREGNANEDIOL GLUCURONIDE; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GORILLA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPARA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035204111     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1722     Document Type: Article

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