Gonadectomy prior to puberty decreases normal parental behavior in adult mice

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 667-673

  Kercmar, Jasmina ^a   Snoj, Tomaz ^a   Tobet, Stuart A ^b   Majdic, Gregor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Gonadal hormones; Mice; Parental behavior; Puberty adolescence

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL-17 BETA-BENZOATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; MOUSE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CASTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84955516963     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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