Effect of isolation and conspecific presence in a novel environment on corticosterone concentrations in a social avian species, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Banerjee, Sunayana B ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Isolation; Restraint; Social buffering; Stress; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FINCHES; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960558161     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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