Oxytocin is associated with infant-care behavior and motivation in cooperatively breeding marmoset monkeys

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-18

  Finkenwirth, Christa ^a   Martins, Eloisa ^a   Deschner, Tobias ^b   Burkart, Judith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alloparental care; Callithrix jacchus; Cooperative breeding; Hormonal priming; Motivation; Oxytocin; Proactive food sharing

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LICKING; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CALLITHRIX; HUMAN; INFANT; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROOMING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; OXYTOCIN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84958242463     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.01.008     Document Type: Article

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