Repeated stressors in adulthood increase the rate of biological ageing

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b   Haussmann, Mark F ^d   Greives, Timothy J ^a,c   Matlack, Christa ^d   Costantini, David ^e,f   Quetting, Michael ^a,b   Adelman, James S ^a,g   Miranda, Ana Catarina ^a,b,h   Partecke, Jesko ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Eurasian blackbird; Glucocorticoid; Oxidative stress; Repeated stressors; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84928679813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0095-z     Document Type: Article

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