Hormonal regulation of agonistic and affiliative behavior in female Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 549-553

  Razzoli, Maria ^a   Cushing, Bruce S ^b,c   Carter, C Sue ^b,c   Valsecchi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Aggression; Estrogen; Female; Mongolian gerbil; Oxytocin; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GERBIL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE ACTION; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNIFFING; VAGINA;

EID: 0037835832     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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