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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |