Photoperiod and aggression induce changes in ventral gland compounds exclusively in male Siberian hamsters

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-11

  Rendon, Nikki M ^a   Soini, Helena A ^a   Scotti, Melissa Ann L ^a   Weigel, Ellen R ^a   Novotny, Milos V ^a   Demas, Gregory E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical signaling; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Olfactory; Pheromones; Scent marking; Sex differences; Stir bar surface sampling; Territoriality; Ventral gland

Indexed keywords

2 DODECANONE; 2 HEPTADECANONE; 2 HEXADECANONE; 2 NONADECANONE; 2 OCTADECANONE; 2 PENTADECANONE; 2 TETRADECANONE; 2 TRIDECANONE; 4,8 DIMETHYL 3,7 NONADIEN 2 ONE; 4,8 DIMETHYL 3,8 NONADIEN 2 ONE; 4,8 DIMETHYL 7 NONEN 2 ONE; 6 METHYL 5 HEPTEN 2 ONE; 9 OCTADECENOIC ACID; ACETOPHENONE; ARACHIDIC ACID; DECANAL; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLE; MYRISTIC ACID; N HYDROXYTETRADECANAMIDE; NONADECANOIC ACID; NONANAL; O CYMENE; PALMITIC ACID; SQUALENE; STEARIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBERIAN HAMSTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VENTRAL GLAND; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84960094887     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2016.02.005     Document Type: Article

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