Social housing influences the composition of volatile compounds in the preputial glands of male rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 536-545

  Pohorecky, L A ^a   Blakley, G G ^a   Ma, E W ^b   Soini, H A ^b   Wiesler, D ^b   Bruce, K E ^b   Novotny, M V ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coagulating glands; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Marking behavior; Pheromones; Preputial glands; Rank status; Single housing

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PREPUTIAL GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 40849114518     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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