Changes in prolactin and glucocorticoid levels in cotton-top tamarin fathers during their mate's pregnancy: The effect of infants and paternal experience

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 560-565

  Almond, Rosamunde E A ^a,b   Ziegler, Toni E ^a   Snowdon, Charles T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Cortisol; Gestation; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Paternal care; Prepartum; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PATERNAL CARE; PATERNITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PROTECTED AREA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SIMIIFORMES;

GLUCOCORTICOID; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; URINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROLACTIN; SAGUINUS;

EID: 51649121122     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20529     Document Type: Article

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