Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species
Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology
Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress
2018
Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress
2017
Does corticosterone regulate the onset of breeding in free-living birds?: The CORT-Flexibility Hypothesis and six potential mechanisms for priming corticosteroid function
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, glucocorticoid receptor, gonadotropin inhibitory hormone, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, reproduction, seasonality
2016
Social Support Modulates Stress-Related Gene Expression in Various Brain Regions of Piglets
Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Keywords: hpa axis, limbic brain regions, mRNA expression, pig, social buffering, social deprivation
2016
Age dependent differences in the regulation of hippocampal steroid hormones and receptor genes: Relations to motivation and cognition in male rats
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: cognition, learning, male estrogen, memory, motivation, steroid hormones
2013
Assessment of adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in male spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) following capture, restraint and anesthesia
Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology
Keywords: aldosterone, corticosterone, cortisol, new world primates, stress, testosterone
2013
Effects of chronic stress: A comparison between tethered and loose sows
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: [beta]-globin, animal model, cortisol, depression, frontal cortex, gene expression, glucocorticoid receptor, hippocampus, igf-ii, mineralocorticoid receptor
2010
A single exposure to social isolation in domestic piglets activates behavioural arousal, neuroendocrine stress hormones, and stress-related gene expression in the brain
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: behaviour, c-fos, gene expression, hpa axis, pig, social isolation
2009
Chronic treatment with the mineralocorticoid hormone aldosterone results in increased anxiety-like behavior
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aldosterone treatment, anxiety, behavior, hormones, osmotic minipumps
2008
Corticosteroids in relation to fear, anxiety and psychopathology.
Publication/Journal: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
Keywords: anxiety, consolidation, contextual fear conditioning, corticosterioids, elevated plus maze t, fear, fear extinction, fear potentiation, freezing, glucocorticoid receptor, hippocampus, mineralocorticoid receptor, passive avoidance test, porsolt swim test
2001