Social stress and reproductive success in the female Syrian hamster: Endocrine and behavioral correlates

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 948-954

  Chelini, Marie Odile Monier ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Otta, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endocrinology; Estrogens; Fecal metabolites; Hamster; Non invasive monitoring; Progesterone; Reproductive success; Social stress; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 80053054188     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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