Stress impairs new but not established relationships in seasonally social voles

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-57

  Anacker, Allison M J ^a,b   Reitz, Kara M ^a   Goodwin, Nastacia L ^a   Beery, Annaliese K ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Corticosterone; Meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Partner preference; Seasonality; Social behavior; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COHABITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; MATE CHOICE; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; NONHUMAN; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL HUDDLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARVICOLINAE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PAIR BONDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PAIR BOND; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84955151414     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.004     Document Type: Article

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