Maternal aggression persists following lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of the immune system

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 694-699

  Weil, Zachary M ^a   Bowers, Stephanie L ^a   Dow, Eliot R ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; HPA axis; LPS; Maternal aggression; Maternal behavior; Sickness behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 33645929058     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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