Transgenerational effects of early experience on acute stress reactions in behaviour, steroid hormones and gene expression in the precocial chicken

• Published in: Hormones and behavior Vol. 61; no. 5; p. 711
• Main Authors: Goerlich, Vivian C., Nätt, Daniel, Elfwing, Magnus, Macdonald, Barry, Jensen, Per
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: behaviour; Biologi; Biology; corticotropin releasing hormone receptor; Early growth response; epigenetics; gene expression; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; postnatal stress; steroid hormones; transgenerational effects

Stress during early life can profoundly influence an individual’s phenotype. Effects can manifest in the short-term as well as later in life and even in subsequent generations. Transgenerational effects of stress are potentially mediated via modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA...