corticosterone
noun
cor·ti·co·ste·rone
ˌkȯr-tə-ˈkä-stə-ˌrōn 
-ti-kō-stə-ˈrōn;
ˌkȯr-ti-kō-ˈstir-ˌōn,
-ˈster-
: a colorless crystalline corticosteroid C21H30O4 that is important in protein and carbohydrate metabolism
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The frazzled fellows had elevated blood levels of the stress hormone corticosterone, which softened the little guys’ pain response.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
The main hormone involved in the stress response – cortisol in humans and corticosterone in rodents, both abbreviated to CORT – is primarily a metabolic hormone, meaning that increasing blood levels of these hormones during stressful conditions results in more energy mobilized from fat stores.
—Natalie C. Tronson, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
In one animal research, researchers discovered that kratom lowers corticosterone levels in mice.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Depression is linked with an increase in corticosterone levels.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Eating corticosterone with their birdseed affected different males differently.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2016
Their blood also contained around three times as much corticosterone, a hormone produced in stressful situations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings’ babbling increase?
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Do some parrot siblings in the birth order benefit more than others from additional corticosterone?
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024
The main hormone involved in the stress response – cortisol in humans and corticosterone in rodents, both abbreviated to CORT – is primarily a metabolic hormone, meaning that increasing blood levels of these hormones during stressful conditions results in more energy mobilized from fat stores.
—Natalie C. Tronson, The Conversation, 24 June 2024
In one animal research, researchers discovered that kratom lowers corticosterone levels in mice.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Depression is linked with an increase in corticosterone levels.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 10 Oct. 2022
Eating corticosterone with their birdseed affected different males differently.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2016
Their blood also contained around three times as much corticosterone, a hormone produced in stressful situations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 3 Feb. 2011
For example, if one nestling is given corticosterone, did all its siblings’ babbling increase?
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022
Do some parrot siblings in the birth order benefit more than others from additional corticosterone?
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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corticosterone
noun
cor·ti·co·ste·rone
ˌkȯrt-ə-ˈkäs-tə-ˌrōn, -i-kō-stə-ˈ; ˌkȯrt-i-kō-ˈsti(ə)r-ˌōn, -ˈste(ə)r-
: a colorless crystalline corticosteroid C21H30O4 of the adrenal cortex that is important in protein and carbohydrate metabolism
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