Individual variation in the expression of maternal behaviour: A review of the neuroendocrine mechanisms in the sheep

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 526-534

  Dwyer, Cathy M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Maternal behaviour; Oestrogen; Opioids; Oxytocin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; OXYTOCIN; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; BREED DIFFERENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATION PERIOD; GROOMING; HORMONAL REGULATION; LACTATION; LICKING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIPARA; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURVIVAL;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; INDIVIDUALITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41149171404     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01657.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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