单词	corticosterone
释义	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 Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Do some parrot siblings in the birth order benefit more than others from additional corticosterone? Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022 Stress in birds is physiologically mediated by corticosterone. Grrlscientist, Forbes, 21 June 2022 In all of the animals involved in the experiment, the ratio of dehydroepiandrosterone to corticosterone increased with training. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2019 An alternative is to sample the animals’ blood and analyse it for stress hormones such as corticosterone. The Economist, 11 July 2019 The researchers analyzed the animals’ feces to measure corticosterone, a stress hormone, and dehydroepiandrosterone, which is secreted in response to stress and, in humans, has been shown to improve moods. Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 26 Oct. 2019 The researchers also collected each rat's droppings at various points during the study to analyze them for metabolites of corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone, a pair of hormones. Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 1 Nov. 2019 In sifting through their fecal matter, Lambert found both groups of rats trained to drive secreted higher levels of corticosterone and DHEA, hormones that control stress responses. Scottie Andrew, CNN, 23 Oct. 2019 Dr Lynch knew from previous work by her collaborators at the University of Houston that corticosterone and its metabolites show up in penguin guano. The Economist, 11 July 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1937, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition 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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