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Sight of a Predator Induces a Corticosterone Stress Response and Generates Fear in an Amphibian

Amphibians, like other animals, generate corticosterone or cortisol glucocorticoid responses to stimuli perceived to be threatening. It is generally assumed that the corticosterone response of animals to capture and handling reflects the corticosterone response to stimuli such as the sight of a pred...

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Autores principales: Narayan, Edward J., Cockrem, John F., Hero, Jean-Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24009756
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073564