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A novelty seeking phenotype is related to chronic hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity reflected by hair cortisol.
Physiology & behavior - 3 Aug 2011
Laudenslager Mark L, Jorgensen Matthew J, Grzywa Rachel, Fairbanks Lynn A
Abstract excerpt
Reduced hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) activity is associated with greater novelty seeking in humans. Hair cortisol represents an integrated proxy measure of total cortisol production/release over an extended period of time and may be a valuable tool for tracking the HPA system. Sampling approaches (collection of blood, saliva, urine, or feces) for socially housed nonhuman primates present a number of...
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