Does early stress prepare individuals for a stressful future? Stress during adolescence improves foraging under threat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-45

  Chaby, Lauren E ^a,b   Sheriff, Michael J ^a,b   Hirrlinger, Amy M ^b   Braithwaite, Victoria A ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronic stress; Chronic unpredictable stress; Developmental stress; Foraging; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREGNANCY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84929012024     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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