Increased yolk testosterone facilitates prenatal perceptual learning in Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Bertin, Aline ^a   Richard Yris, Marie Annick ^b   Möstl, Erich ^c   Lickliter, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arousal; Auditory stimulation; Behavioral development; Colinus virginianus; Maternal effects; Perceptual learning; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMOTION; FEAR; HEART RATE; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BODY WEIGHT; COLINUS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEAR; HEART RATE; LEARNING; MOTHERS; REACTION TIME; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349845575     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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