Hormonal effects of maltreatment in Nazca booby nestlings: Implications for the "cycle of violence"

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-85

  Grace, Jacquelyn K ^a   Dean, Karen ^b   Ottinger, Mary Ann ^b   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Corticosterone; Early life stress; Organizational effect; Social stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABUSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79958024274     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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