Cortisol responses and social buffering: A study throughout the life span

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 383-390

  Hennessy, Michael B ^a   Hornschuh, Gudrun ^b   Kaiser, Sylvia ^b   Sachser, Norbert ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Bonding; Cortisol; Guinea pig; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Life span; Puberty; Social support; Stress buffering

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32544452176     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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