Lab and field experiments: Are they the same animal?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Calisi, Rebecca M ^a   Bentley, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; HPG axis; HVC; Immune function; Neuroplasticity; Photoperiodism; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; BRAIN FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL ANIMAL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM PHENOMENA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67349088705     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.010     Document Type: Review

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