Adrenocortical response to mating, social interaction and restraint in the female Japanese quail

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1037-1040

  Rutkowska, Joanna ^a,b   Place, Ned J ^a   Vincent, Stella ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical response; Corticosterone; Coturnix japonica; Maternal investment; Mating; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COTURNIX; FEMALE; JAPANESE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053052746     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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