Social stimuli cause changes of plasma oxytocin and behavior in guinea pigs

Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Wallner, Bernard ^a   Dittami, John ^a   Machatschke, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cohabitation; Guinea pig; Oxytocin; Social challenge

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS;

EID: 33746655244     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602006000200007     Document Type: Article

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