Variation in oxytocin is related to variation in affiliative behavior in monogamous, pairbonded tamarins

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 614-618

  Snowdon, Charles T ^a   Pieper, Bridget A ^a   Boe, Carla Y ^a   Cronin, Katherine A ^a   Kurian, Aimee V ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; Cooperative breeding; Cotton top tamarins; Monogamy; Oxytocin; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; SAGUINUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956288756     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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