Exposure to female pheromones during pregnancy causes postpartum anxiety in mice

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 83, Issue C, 2010, Pages 137-149

  Larsen, Caroline M ^a   Grattan, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Mice; Neurogenesis; Pheromones; Postpartum anxiety; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ANXIETY; BLOOD; BOOK; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; PHEROMONES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROLACTIN;

EID: 77956424561     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(10)83005-5     Document Type: Book

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