Prolactin levels in paternal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) fathers

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Schradin, Carsten ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Parental care; Paternal care; Prolactin; Rhabdomys; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FATHER; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 1842575617     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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