A marker of biological age explains individual variation in the strength of the adult stress response

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Andrews, Clare ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a   Larriva, Maria ^b   Gillespie, Robert ^d   Reichert, Sophie ^d,e   Brilot, Ben O ^a,c   Bedford, Thomas ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^d   Spencer, Karen A ^b   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological age; Corticosterone; Early life adversity; Stress response; Sturnus vulgaris; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030260181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171208     Document Type: Article

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