Acute stressors increase plasma corticosterone and decrease locomotor activity in a terrestrial salamander (Desmognathus ochrophaeus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-86

  Ricciardella, Lauren F ^a   Bliley, Jacqueline M ^a   Feth, Caitlin C ^a   Woodley, Sarah K ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphibian; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; URODELA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCAPE REACTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URODELA;

EID: 77953913828     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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