Behavioral and adrenocortical responses to mate separation and reunion in the zebra finch

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-114

  Remage Healey, Luke ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a   Romero, L Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Monogamy; Pair bond; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOWL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATING; MONOGAMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0037222037     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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