Chronic stress influences attentional and judgement bias and the activity of the HPA axis in sheep

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 1; p. e0211363
• Main Authors: Verbeek, Else, Colditz, Ian, Blache, Dominique, Lee, Caroline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.01.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adaptation; Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Analysis; Animal cognition; Animals; Arginine; Argipressin; Attention - physiology; Attentional bias; Behavior, Animal; Bias; Biology and Life Sciences; Body temperature; Body temperatures; Brain; Cognitive ability; Corticotropin; Corticotropin-releasing hormone; Disruption; Domestic animals; Emotional behavior; Emotions; Exposure; Food; Glucocorticoids; Hogs; Hormones; Housing; Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis; Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System - physiopathology; Hypothalamus; Influence; Judgment - physiology; Laboratory animals; Legal fees; Medicine and Health Sciences; Neurohormones; Pessimism; Physiology; Pituitary; Pituitary hormones; Pituitary-Adrenal System - physiopathology; Reinforcement; Shearing; Sheep; Social Sciences; Steroids (Organic compounds); Stress; Stress (Psychology); Stress, Physiological; Threats; Vasopressin; Vasopressins; Vigilance; Australia

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