Brown R E
Psychology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Behav Processes. 1993 Aug;30(1):1-27. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(93)90009-G.
Parental Behaviour in rodents has traditionally been modelled on studies of maternal behaviour in the female rat. Female parental behaviour is initiated by hormonal changes during pregnancy and parturition and by pup stimuli. Models of parental behaviour based on the neuroendocrine control of maternal behaviour are not appropriate for understanding male parental care. This paper examines seven factors which influence the snitiation and maintenance of paternal behaviour in male rodents: (1) the mating system of the species; (2) the ecological conditions under which the animals live; (3) the male's social experience; (4) sexual experience and female stimuli; (5) pup stimuli; (6) hormonal changes in adult males in response to female and pop stimuli; and (7) neonatal hormone levels. The role of stimuli from the female and pups in activating the neuroendocrine changes which may facilitate the onset and maintenance of paternal behaviour is also described. The aim of the paper is to provide an integgrative approach to the study of male parental care and to stimulate research on the hormonal and experiential factors underlying paternal behaviour in male rodents.
啮齿动物的亲代行为传统上是基于对雌性大鼠母性行为的研究建立模型的。雌性亲代行为由怀孕和分娩期间的激素变化以及幼崽刺激引发。基于母性行为神经内分泌控制的亲代行为模型不适用于理解雄性亲代照料。本文研究了影响雄性啮齿动物父性行为启动和维持的七个因素：（1）物种的交配系统；（2）动物生活的生态条件；（3）雄性的社会经历；（4）性经历和雌性刺激；（5）幼崽刺激；（6）成年雄性对雌性和幼崽刺激的激素变化；以及（7）新生儿激素水平。还描述了来自雌性和幼崽的刺激在激活可能促进父性行为启动和维持的神经内分泌变化中的作用。本文的目的是提供一种综合方法来研究雄性亲代照料，并激发对雄性啮齿动物父性行为背后的激素和经验因素的研究。
