The behavioral endocrinology of domestication: A comparison between the domestic guinea pig (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) and its wild ancestor, the cavy (Cavia aperea)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-37

  Künzl, Christine ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cortisol; Domestication; Epinephrine; Guinea pig; Hormones; Norepinephrine; Social behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0344507181     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1998.1493     Document Type: Article

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