A mathematical representation of the reactive scope model

J Wright, K Buch, UK Beattie, BMG Gormally… - Journal of Mathematical …, 2023 - Springer
Researchers have long sought to understand and predict an animal's response to stressful
stimuli. Since the introduction of the concept of homeostasis, a variety of model frameworks …

Invited review: Adrenocortical function in avian and non-avian reptiles: Insights from dispersed adrenocortical cells

RV Carsia, PJ McIlroy, HB John-Alder - … and Physiology Part A: Molecular & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Herein we review our work involving dispersed adrenocortical cells from several lizard
species: the Eastern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), Yarrow's Spiny Lizard …

Varying intensities of chronic stress induce inconsistent responses in weight and plasma metabolites in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

UK Beattie, N Fefferman, LM Romero - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
One of the biggest unanswered questions in the field of stress physiology is whether
variation in chronic stress intensity will produce proportional (a gradient or graded) …

Neophobia, but not perch hopping, is sensitive to long‐term chronic stress intensity

UK Beattie, L Mikolajczak, N Fefferman… - … Zoology Part A …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To further elucidate the role that wear‐and‐tear plays in the transition from acute to chronic
stress, we manipulated the intensity and duration of applied chronic stress to determine if …