Oxytocin administration during early pair formation delays communal nursing in female house mice
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- 作者：Nicola Harrison ; nicola.harrison@ieu.uzh.ch ; Patricia C. Lopes ; Barbara Kö ; nig
- 关键词：communal nursing ; cooperation ; house mice ; oxytocin ; peripheral administration ; social partner
- 刊名：Animal Behaviour
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：123
- 期：Complete
- 页码：61-68
- 全文大小：370 K
- 卷排序：123
文摘
We compared communal nursing in OT and control-treated wild-derived female mice. OT delayed successful communal nursing of litters. Delayed cooperation was due to lower pup survival in first-born OT communal litters. We hypothesize that OT effects are sensitive to time of administration.