Both oxytocin and vasopressin may influence alloparental behavior in male prairie voles

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 354-361

  Bales, Karen L ^a   Kim, Albert J ^a   Lewis Reese, Antoniah D ^a   Carter, C Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparental behavior; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ALLOPARENTAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; INJECTION; KYPHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS; VOLE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RECEPTORS, OXYTOCIN; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSINS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 1942532815     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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