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Urinary Cortisol Increases During a Respiratory Outbreak in Wild Chimpanzees

Abstract: In mammals, the excretion of cortisol can provide energy toward restoring homeostasis and is a major component of the stress response. However, chronically elevated cortisol levels also have suppressive effects on immune function. As mounting an immune response is energetically costly, sic...

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Autores principales: Behringer, Verena, Preis, Anna, Wu, Doris F., Crockford, Catherine, Leendertz, Fabian H., Wittig, Roman M., Deschner, Tobias
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7472655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00485