Definition of corticosterone in English:
corticosterone
noun ˌkɔːtɪkəʊˈstɛrəʊnˌkɔrdəˈkɑstəroʊn
mass nounBiochemistry A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex, one of the glucocorticoids.
Example sentencesExamples
- Melatonin and corticosterone are integral to the regulation of daily activity cycles in birds.
- Upon stimulation, the rats suddenly released the stress hormone corticosterone, very like the cortisol humans release under stress.
- Working with mountain chickadees caught in California, he has inserted implants that release corticosterone, a hormone associated with stress.
- Note from the text of the full paper that stress causes the release of the hormone corticosterone which lowers latent inhibition.
- Blood tests revealed comparable baseline concentrations of the stress hormone corticosterone in cautious and bold rats.
Definition of corticosterone in US English:
corticosterone
nounˌkôrdəˈkästərōnˌkɔrdəˈkɑstəroʊn
Biochemistry A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex, one of the glucocorticoids.
Example sentencesExamples
- Melatonin and corticosterone are integral to the regulation of daily activity cycles in birds.
- Upon stimulation, the rats suddenly released the stress hormone corticosterone, very like the cortisol humans release under stress.
- Note from the text of the full paper that stress causes the release of the hormone corticosterone which lowers latent inhibition.
- Working with mountain chickadees caught in California, he has inserted implants that release corticosterone, a hormone associated with stress.
- Blood tests revealed comparable baseline concentrations of the stress hormone corticosterone in cautious and bold rats.