Embryonic exposure to corticosterone modifies aggressive behavior through alterations of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis and the serotonergic system in the chicken

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 97-105

  Ahmed, Abdelkareem A ^a   Ma, Wenqiang ^a   Ni, Yingdong ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Zhao, Ruqian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5 HT system; Behavior; Chicken; Corticosterone; Egg; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1B RECEPTOR; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETIC REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

5-HT SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CHICKEN; CORTICOSTERONE; EGG; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL (HPA) AXIS;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 84891895408     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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