Prenatal stress in birds: Pathways, effects, function and perspectives

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1484-1501

  Henriksen, Rie ^a,b   Rettenbacher, Sophie ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Birds; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Development; Glucocorticoids; Growth; HPA axis; Immunity; Intergenerational effects; Maternal effects; Maternal stress; Phenotypic plasticity; Physiology; Prenatal nutrition; Prenatal steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BODY MASS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957482290     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.04.010     Document Type: Review

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