Litter size is negatively correlated with corticosterone levels in weanling and juvenile laboratory rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 644-650

  Rödel, Heiko G ^a   Meyer, Susann ^a   Prager, Geraldine ^a   Stefanski, Volker ^b   Hudson, Robyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Early life conditions; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; Individual differences; Litter size; Ontogeny; Rattus norvegicus; Siblings; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LITTER SIZE; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WEANING;

EID: 77950368089     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.032     Document Type: Article

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