Day length and estradiol affect same-sex affiliative behavior in the female meadow vole

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 153-159

  Beery, Annaliese K ^a   Loo, Theresa J ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Day length; Estradiol; Partner preference; Prosocial behavior; Rodent; Social behavior; Vole

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43949124142     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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