Are subordinates always stressed? A comparative analysis of rank differences in cortisol levels among primates

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-82

  Abbott, D H ^a,c   Keverne, E B ^d   Bercovitch, F B ^e   Shively, C A ^f   Mendoza, S P ^g   Saltzman, W ^h   Snowdon, C T ^b   Ziegler, T E ^b,c   Banjevic, M ⁱ   Garland Jr , T ^h   Sapolsky, R M ^i,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

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Author keywords

Adrenal; Aggression; Comparative method; Phylogeny; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECIES COMPARISON; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0037220747     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(02)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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