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Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major.
Hormones and behavior - 1 Jul 2017
Baugh Alexander T, Senft Rebecca A, Firke Marian, Lauder Abigail, Schroeder Julia, Meddle Simone L, van Oers Kees, Hau Michaela
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Hormonal pleiotropy-the simultaneous influence of a single hormone on multiple traits-has been hypothesized as an important mechanism underlying personality, and circulating glucocorticoids are central to this idea. A major gap in our understanding is the neural basis for this link. Here we examine the stability and structure of behavioral, endocrine and neuroendocrine traits in a population of songbirds (Parus...
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