Social interaction, testosterone, and stress responsiveness during adolescence

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Lürzel, Stephanie ^a   Kaiser, Sylvia ^a   Sachser, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cortisol; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal; Social experience; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 71849101635     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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