Staying put or leaving home: Endocrine, neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences in male African striped mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 136-143

  Schradin, Carsten ^a,b   Kenkel, Wiliam ^c   Krackow, Sven ^d   Carter, C Sue ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Helper; Intra specific variation; Paternal care; Social organization

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; OXYTOCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP DYNAMICS; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHILOPATRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TERRITORIALITY; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MURINAE; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84871935992     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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