Postnatal stress in birds: A novel model of glucocorticoid programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1931-1934

  Spencer, Karen A ^a   Evans, Neil P ^a   Monaghan, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; FINCHES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 63849088672     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1471     Document Type: Article

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