Natural variation in early parental care correlates with social behaviors in adolescent prairie voles (Microtus ochrogaster)

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Perkeybile, Allison M ^a   Griffin, Luana L ^a   Bales, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Alloparenting; Natural variation; Parental care; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREPULSE INHIBITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STARTLE REFLEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; VOLE;

EID: 84874732501     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00021     Document Type: Article

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