Octodon degus: A diurnal, social, and long-lived rodent

ILAR Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-24

  Lee, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian; Hystricomorph; Maturation; Sex difference; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRUS CYCLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; METHODOLOGY; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; HYSTRICOGNATHI; MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERTION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODORS; RODENTIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 1442360823     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.45.1.14     Document Type: Article

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