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Organizational effects of estrogen on male-type vulnerability to early weaning

Authors: Takefumi Kikusui, Yuko Shimokawa, Natsumi Kanbara, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: early weaning, estrogen, gonadal hormones, perinatal sexual organization, vulnerability to stress

2013

Testosterone inhibits facilitating effects of parenting experience on parental behavior and the oxytocin neural system in mice

Authors: Shota Okabe, Kanako Kitano, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi, Takefumi Kikusui

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: gonadal hormones, oxytocin, parental behavior, social experience

2013

Urinary oxytocin as a noninvasive biomarker of positive emotion in dogs

Authors: Shohei Mitsui, Mariko Yamamoto, Miho Nagasawa, Kazutaka Mogi, Takefumi Kikusui, Nobuyo Ohtani, Mitsuaki Ohta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dog, positive emotion, radioimmunoassay, urinary oxytocin (ot)

2011

Effects of isolation-rearing on the development of social behaviors in male Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Authors: M. Shimozuru, T. Kikusui, Y. Takeuchi, Y. Mori

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, isolation-rearing, mongolian gerbil, scent marking, social interaction test, social isolation, testosterone

2008

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