Hair glucocorticoids are not a historical marker of stress – Exploring the time-scale of corticosterone incorporation into hairs in a rat model

•Rats had increased corticosterone in their hairs within hours of an injection.•Hair corticosterone concentrations subsequently decreased rapidly with time.•These findings are at odds with the most widespread hypothesis.•An alternative hypothesis in line with experimental findings should be adopted....

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Veröffentlicht in:General and comparative endocrinology 2023-09, Vol.341, p.114335-114335, Article 114335
Hauptverfasser: Colding-Jørgensen, Pernille, Hestehave, Sara, Abelson, Klas S.P., Kalliokoski, Otto
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Sprache:eng
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