Puberty in female cavies (Cavia aperea) is affected by photoperiod and social conditions

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Trillmich, Fritz ^a   Mueller, Birte ^a   Kaiser, Sylvia ^b   Krause, Jana ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavia aperea; Cortisol; Maturation; Photoperiod; Puberty; Seasonality; Vandenbergh effect; Zeitgeber

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WEANING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58649102462     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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