Fathering in rodents: Neurobiological substrates and consequences for offspring

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 249-259

  Bales, Karen L ^a,b   Saltzman, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparenting; Oxytocin; Paternal care; Prolactin; Testosterone; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DENTATE GYRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE PARENTING BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REUNIENS NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; FATHER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FATHERS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PROLACTIN; RODENTIA; TESTOSTERONE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 84956594372     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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