Hair cortisol levels track phylogenetic and age related differences in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity in non-human primates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-155

  Fourie, Nicolaas H ^a   Bernstein, Robin M ^a  

^a THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related; Cortisol; Hair; Hypercortisolism; Primates; Taxon

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ARTICLE; CATARRHINI; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTISOL HAIR LEVEL; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPIO HAMADRYAS PAPIO; PHYLOGENY; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN;

EID: 80054115891     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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