Prenatal stress does not impair coping with challenge later in life

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 68-75

  Kemme, Kristina ^a   Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Guinea pig; HPA axis; Maternal effects; Prenatal social stress; Testosterone; Unstable social environment

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 42449117309     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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