... to the physiological state. Ecoimmunology Chronic stress Stress hormones Attacin Phenoloxidase Glutathione Octopamine Predation Predators induce fight-or-flight stress responses in their prey, but chronic activation of these responses results in immunosuppression in mammals ( Sapolsky et al., 2000...

... are poorly understood. The stress hormone corticosterone appears to be a good candidate for mediating egg-laying date according to early environmental conditions and physiological state. By experimentally reducing the release of corticosterone in black-legged kittiwakes during the pre-laying period, we...

...Bodil Sørensen; Roy E. Weber ABSTRACT Although the concentrations of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) blood increase upon hypoxic exposure, the combined effects of these hormones and O 2 lack upon fish blood rheology have not been investigated...