Developmental patterns of hair cortisol in male and female nonhuman primates: Lower hair cortisol levels in vervet males emerge at puberty

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1736-1739

  Laudenslager, Mark L ^a   Jorgensen, Matthew J ^b   Fairbanks, Lynn A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus; Development; Hypothalamic adrenal pituitary adrenal axis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR; HAIR LEVEL; HAPLORHINI; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; HAIR; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84865561720     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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