Social isolation affects partner-directed social behavior and cortisol during pair formation in marmosets, Callithrix geoffroyi

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 955-961

  Smith, Adam S ^a   Birnie, Andrew K ^a   French, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliative behavior; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Monogamy; Pair bonding; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX GEOFFROYI; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIR FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PAIR BOND; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053051164     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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