Elevated plasma corticosterone decreases yolk testosterone and progesterone in chickens: Linking maternal stress and hormone-mediated maternal effects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG LAYING; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; MOTHER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; HORMONES; MOTHERS; PROGESTERONE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80051969890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023824     Document Type: Article

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