Social housing conditions around puberty determine later changes in plasma cortisol levels and behavior

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 405-411

  Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Harderthauer, Simone ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a   Hennessy, Michael B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Puberty; Social development; Social experience

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33846597604     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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