Activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is altered by aging and exposure to social stress in female rhesus monkeys (2000)

Gust, D. A., Wilson, M. E., Stocker, T. et al.

Abstract

The effects of age on the response to two doses of dexamethasone and two doses of CRF were assessed in females living in a stable social environment (control) and in socially stressed females removed from their group and housed temporarily in a remote, nonsocial environment (separated). Social separation diminished the elevation in both serum cortisol and plasma ACTH.