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The use of α- or β-blockers to ameliorate the chronic stress of captivity in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

When wild animals are brought into captivity for the first time, they frequently develop chronic stress symptoms. Animals can develop glucocorticoid dysregulation or changes in the sympathetic nervous system over the course of the first week in captivity. By blocking the action of epinephrine and no...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Clare Parker, Romero, L. Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27752321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow049