Intensity and duration of corticosterone response to stressful situations in Japanese quail divergently selected for tonic immobility

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-297

  Hazard, D ^a   Couty, M ^a   Richard, S ^b   Guemene D ^a  

^a STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^b UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; HPA axis; Quail; Stress; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

EID: 37549009092     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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