▪ Abstract Naturally occurring variations in maternal care alter the expression of genes that
regulate behavioral and endocrine responses to stress, as well as hippocampal synaptic …

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Increasingly, levels of the 'stress hormones' cortisol and corticosterone are being used by
ecologists as indicators of physiological stress in wild vertebrates. The amplitude of …

Summary 'Stress' embraces the reaction to a multitude of poorly defined factors that disturb
homeostasis or allostasis. In this overview, the activation of the hypothalamic‐pituitary …

Pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) is the archetypal polypeptide precursor of hormones and
neuropeptides. In this review, we examine the variability in the individual peptides produced …

Since the work of Hans Selye, stress has been associated with increased activity of the
limbic–hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (LHPA) axis. Recently, a number of studies in …

As the number and diversity of animal species meriting conservation intervention increases,
improving the success of translocation efforts is vital and understanding the role of …

A large body of human epidemiological data, as well as experimental studies, suggest that
environmental factors operating early in life potently affect developing systems, permanently …

Stress is revealed by the inability of an animal to cope with its environment, a phenomenon
that is often reflected in a failure to achieve genetic potential. Field data from dairy cows …

This chapter describes the current state of knowledge regarding the developmental
neurobiology of stress, its relation to psychiatric disorders, and the impact of early adverse …