Functional characteristics of the bovine hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis vary with temperament

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-27

  Curley Jr , Kevin O ^a   Neuendorff, Don A ^a   Lewis, Andrew W ^a   Cleere, Jason J ^a   Welsh Jr , Thomas H ^a,b   Randel, Ronald D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH challenge; Adrenal axis; Bovine; CRH challenge; Exit velocity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COW; HEIFER; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERAMENT; VELOCITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CATTLE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TEMPERAMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349110304     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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