Coping with change: A framework for environmental signals and how neuroendocrine pathways might respond

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-96

  Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Anthropocene; Neuroendocrine pathways; Photoperiod; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CATERING SERVICE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPOXIA; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; NEUROSECRETION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928771081     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2014.11.005     Document Type: Review

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