Experimental increase of testosterone increases boldness and decreases anxiety in male African striped mouse helpers

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-63

  Raynaud, Julien ^a   Schradin, Carsten ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Dispersal; Exploration; Roamer; Shyness; Social flexibility; Solitary living; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GROUP DYNAMICS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84896053051     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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