Ancient origins of human developmental plasticity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-54

  Crespi, Erica J ^a   Denver, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRTH; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS MORTALITY; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR; STRESS; TADPOLE; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFANT, NEWBORN; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444270778     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20098     Document Type: Review

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