Strongly bonded family members in common marmosets show synchronized fluctuations in oxytocin

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 246-251

  Finkenwirth, Christa ^a   van Schaik, Carel ^a   Ziegler, Toni E ^b   Burkart, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Group living; Marmoset monkeys; Oxytocin synchrony; Social bonding

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CALLITHRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; INTEGRATION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; PAIR BONDING; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PAIR BOND; PERIODICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84939555030     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.07.034     Document Type: Article

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