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The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Phoebe D Edwards, Skyler J Mooney, Curtis O Bosson, Ilapreet Toor, Rupert Palme, Melissa M Holmes, Rudy Boonstra

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress

2020

Subcaste differences in neural activation suggest a prosocial role for oxytocin in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Georgia A. Hathaway, Mariela Faykoo-Martinez, Deane E. Peragine, Skyler J. Mooney, Melissa M. Holmes

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, c-fos, eusocial, naked mole-rat, oxytocin, prosocial, social status, sub-caste

2016

The naked truth: Breeding performance in nude mice with and without nesting material

Authors: Brianna N. Gaskill, Christina Winnicker, Joseph P. Garner, Kathleen R. Pritchett-Corning

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral thermoregulation, enrichment, mice, nesting material, stress

2013

Sensory Ecology of Electromagnetic Radiation Perception in Subterranean Mole-Rats

Authors: Regina E. Moritz

Publication/Journal: Department of Biology and Geography

Keywords: burrow, dissertation/thesis, fukomys, magnetoreception, mole-rats, sensory ecology, vision

2007

Light perception in ‘blind’ subterranean Zambian mole-rats

Authors: Regina E. Wegner, Sabine Begall, Hynek Burda

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: blindness, heliophobic behaviour, light perception, mole-rats

2006

Can you dig it? The impact of a movable substrate “dig pit” on naked mole rat (Heterocephalus glaber) behavior and welfare

Authors: Natasha K. Wierzal, Lou Keeley, Mason Fidino, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, exhibit design, natural behaviors

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