Delayed behavioral effects of postnatal exposure to corticosterone in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Spencer, K A ^a   Verhulst, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral development; Developmental stress; Evolution; Phenotypic plasticity; Social dominance; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; GROWTH RATE; INDEPENDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PHENOTYPE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SEX; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOSTERONE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846075873     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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