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dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Karen A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-17T16:30:10Z
dc.date.available2017-11-17T16:30:10Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-19
dc.identifier250419163
dc.identifier18ff023f-21d0-40ed-a83f-2e75612621fb
dc.identifier85021843394
dc.identifier000404628900010
dc.identifier.citationSpencer , K A 2017 , ' Developmental stress and social phenotypes : integrating neuroendocrine, behavioural and evolutionary perspectives ' , Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciences , vol. 372 , 20160242 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0242en
dc.identifier.issn0962-8436
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2851-9379/work/78204975
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12131
dc.description.abstractThe social world is filled with different types of interactions, and social experience interacts with stress on several different levels. Activation of the neuroendocrine axis that regulates the response to stress can have consequences for innumerable behavioural responses, including social decision-making and aspects of sociality, such as gregariousness and aggression. This is especially true for stress experienced during early life, when physiological systems are developing and highly sensitive to perturbation. Stress at this time can have persistent effects on social behaviours into adulthood. One important question remaining is to what extent these effects are adaptive. This paper initially reviews the current literature investigating the complex relationships between the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and other neuroendocrine systems and several aspects of social behaviour in vertebrates. In addition, the review explores the evidence surrounding the potential for ‘social programming’ via differential development and activation of the HPA axis, providing an insight into the potential for positive effects on fitness following early life stress. Finally, the paper provides a framework from which novel investigations could work to fully understand the adaptive significance of early life effects on social behaviours.
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dc.format.extent981153
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. B, Biological Sciencesen
dc.subjectGlucocorticoidsen
dc.subjectNeuroendocrinologyen
dc.subjectDevelopmental programmingen
dc.subjectEnvironmental matchingen
dc.subjectAffiliative behavioursen
dc.subjectNon-apeptidesen
dc.subjectBF Psychologyen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subject.lccBFen
dc.titleDevelopmental stress and social phenotypes : integrating neuroendocrine, behavioural and evolutionary perspectivesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscienceen
dc.identifier.doi10.1098/rstb.2016.0242
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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