Temporal and spatial quantitation of nesting and mating behaviors among mice housed in a semi-natural environment

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 294-306

  Garey, Joan ^a   Kow, Lee Ming ^a   Huynh, William ^a   Ogawa, Sonoko ^a   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormones; Mating; Mice; Nesting; Reproductive behavior; Semi natural

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; PROGESTERONE; ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MATING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEORECORDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; DARKNESS; EJACULATION; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036451661     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1823     Document Type: Article

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