Instead, the stressed - out animals had elevated blood levels of the stress hormone corticosterone. (scientificamerican.com)
Sullivan also found that odours associated with mother initially suppress the release of the stress hormone corticosterone in pups. (newscientist.com)
When faced with an alarming predator odor, offspring of chronically stressed mice dads overproduce the stress hormone corticosterone. (sciencenews.org)