Mesotocin and maternal care of chicks in native Thai hens (Gallus domesticus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-69

  Chokchaloemwong, Duangsuda ^a   Prakobsaeng, Nattiya ^b   Sartsoongnoen, Natagarn ^c   Kosonsiriluk, Sunantha ^d   El Halawani, Mohamed ^d   Chaiseha, Yupaporn ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b RAJABHAT MAHA SARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c NAKHON RATCHASIMA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal behavior; Mesotocin; Native Thai chicken; Nucleus preopticus medialis; Nucleus supraopticus; Paraventricular nucleus; Pars ventralis

Indexed keywords

MESOTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEN; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; REPRODUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84878867877     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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