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More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons

Charlotte Christensen, Anna Bracken, M. Justin O'Riain Orcid Logo, Michael Heistermann, Andrew King Orcid Logo, Ines Fuertbauer Orcid Logo

Biology Letters, Volume: 20, Issue: 8

Swansea University Authors: Charlotte Christensen, Anna Bracken, Andrew King Orcid Logo, Ines Fuertbauer Orcid Logo

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Social bonds increase fitness in a range of mammals. One pathway by which social bonds may increase fitness is by reducing the exposure to physiological stress, i.e., glucocorticoid (GC) hormones, that can be detrimental to health and survival. This is achieved through downregulating hypothalamic-pi...

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title More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons
spellingShingle More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons
Charlotte Christensen
Anna Bracken
Andrew King
Ines Fuertbauer
title_short More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons
title_full More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons
title_fullStr More allogrooming is followed by higher physiological stress in wild female baboons
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