Pre- and post-natal stress in context: Effects on the stress physiology in a precocial bird

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 3955-3964

  Marasco, Valeria ^a   Robinson, Jane ^a   Herzyk, Pawel ^b   Spencer, Karen Anne ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Early life stress; Glucocorticoid; Glucocorticoid programming; Glucose balance; Growth; HPA axis responsiveness; Long term effect; Shortterm effect; Vertebrate stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVUM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84868221172     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071423     Document Type: Article

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