Infanticide and parental behavior in wild female house mice: effects of ovariectomy, adrenalectomy and administration of oxytocin and prostaglandin F2 alpha.

McCarthy, M M

Infanticide and parental behavior in wild female house mice: effects of ovariectomy, adrenalectomy and administration of oxytocin and prostaglandin F2 alpha. [electronic resource] - Physiology & behavior Jan 1986 - 17-23 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

0031-9384

10.1016/0031-9384(86)90066-1 doi


Adrenal Cortex Hormones--physiology
Adrenalectomy
Aggression--physiology
Animals
Cervix Uteri--physiology
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones--physiology
Labor, Obstetric
Maternal Behavior
Mice
Ovariectomy
Oxytocin--pharmacology
Pregnancy
Prostaglandins F--pharmacology
Vagina--physiology