Repeated thermal stressor causes chronic elevation of baseline corticosterone and suppresses the physiological endocrine sensitivity to acute stressor in the cane toad (Rhinella marina)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 72-76

  Narayan, Edward J ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Australia; Climate change; Heat events; Modulation; Stress axis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANURA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANE TOAD; CAPTIVITY; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL ENDOCRINE SENSITIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

AMPHIBIANS; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT EVENTS; MODULATION; STRESS AXIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 84896324653     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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