Effects of reproductive status on behavioral and endocrine responses to acute stress in a biparental rodent, the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-138

  Chauke, Miyetani ^a   Malisch, Jessica L ^a   Robinson, Cymphonee ^a   de Jong, Trynke R ^a   Saltzman, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Corticosterone; HPA reactivity; Lactation; Maternal care; Monogamy; Paternal care; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958047563     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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