Urocortin II increases spontaneous parental behavior in prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-288

  Samuel, Peter A ^a   Hostetler, Caroline M ^a   Bales, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotrophin releasing hormone; Monogamy; Parenting; Urocortin I III; Vole

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANXIETY; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; UROCORTINS;

EID: 36248950681     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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