Influence of perineal swellings on behavior and stress reaction in levonorgestrel implanted Macaca sylvanus females

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 253-256

  Wallner, Bernard ^a,c   Dittami, John ^a   Wallis, Janette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Quality Assessment   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggression; Grooming; Levonorgestrel; Perineal swelling; Stress reaction

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LEVONORGESTREL;

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EXCRETION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROOMING; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMPLANTATION; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWELLING;

EID: 33745676982     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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