X-ray kinematics analysis of vaginal scent marking in female Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1021-1027

  Been, Laura E ^a   Bauman, Jay M ^b   Petrulis, Aras ^a   Chang, Young Hui ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Communication; Fluoroscopy; Pheromone; Reproduction; Sex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIP; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VAGINA MARKING;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MESOCRICETUS; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VAGINA; X-RAYS;

EID: 83455181354     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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