Autonomic, behavioral and neuroendocrine correlates of paternal behavior in male prairie voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 252-259

  Kenkel, William M ^a   Suboc, Gessa ^a   Sue Carter, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Father; Heart rate; Oxytocin; Paternal care; Prairie vole; Pup

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AMBIGUUS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARE AND CARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; VIRGINITY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TESTIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BRAIN STEM; HEART RATE; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TESTIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84896846193     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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