کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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9150036 | 1571221 | 2005 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Corticosteroids as potential mechanism regulating variability in reproductive success in monogamous oldfield mice (Peromyscus polionotus)
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی
فیزیولوژی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Male and female mammals undergo profound hormonal changes during pregnancy, some of which are sufficiently dramatic to influence offspring survival. In order to understand the proximate mechanisms regulating the variability in reproductive success within and between individuals, we monitored changes in fecal corticosteroid concentrations over the reproductive cycle in male and female oldfield mice (Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus) to test whether corticosteroid concentrations during pregnancy were associated with offspring survival. In females that successfully raised litters to weaning, fecal corticosteroid concentrations were low until mid-gestation and increased significantly towards term; in females that did not raise their pups to weaning, fecal corticosteroid concentrations were significantly higher at mid-gestation, and remained high until late gestation. The difference in fecal corticosteroid concentrations at mid-gestation between successful and unsuccessful females can be explained by the fact that successful females were lactating. Lactation has been associated with a down-regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and, accordingly, a decrease in plasma corticosterone (CORT) in several species, including humans. Males that successfully raised their litters had low fecal corticosteroid concentrations throughout their partner's pregnancy. Unsuccessful males, however, had significantly higher fecal corticosteroid concentrations at term than males that raised their pups to weaning. While these preliminary data require further investigation, we suggest that pre-partum fecal corticosteroid concentrations in males were responsible for the variability in reproductive success.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Physiology & Behavior - Volume 86, Issues 1â2, 15 September 2005, Pages 96-102
Journal: Physiology & Behavior - Volume 86, Issues 1â2, 15 September 2005, Pages 96-102
نویسندگان
Tatjana C. Good, Kendra K. Harris, Chioma A. Ihunnah,