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Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks

Bucknell UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9265-3169Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Developmental Biology· 1 Physiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1

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Alexander S. KitayskyiD· 2 shared Alexis WilliD· 2 shared Shannon WhelaniD· 2 shared Sierra N. Pete· 2 shared A.E. Joseph· 1 shared Frances BonieriD· 1 shared Jeffrey W. SimkinsiD· 1 shared Stephanie Walsh· 1 shared

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2020-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Animal Behavior & CognitionHormones and BehaviorPeer-reviewedMar 14, 2026

Disentangling bidirectional relationships between glucocorticoids and behavior: Experimentally elevated corticosterone levels correlate with rapid, sex-specific changes in food-acquisition behaviors of food-limited seabird chicks

Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks, Alexis Will, Sierra N. Pete…·Alexander S. Kitaysky

The paper examines how corticosterone levels influence and are influenced by food-acquisition behaviors in seabird chicks, finding sex-specific and context-dependent relationships.

1 citation

multiple speciesbehavioral assay

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PhysiologyGeneral and Comparative EndocrinologyPeer-reviewedMay 1, 2024

Corticosterone release in very young siblicidal seabird chicks (Rissa tridactyla) is sensitive to environmental variability and responds rapidly and robustly to external challenges

Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks, Alexis Will, Sierra N. Pete…·Alexander S. Kitaysky

This study examines corticosterone release in seabird chicks under different feeding conditions and challenges, finding that their HPA response varies with environmental factors and external stimuli.

3 citations

mouseexperimental assay

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Developmental BiologyGeneral and Comparative EndocrinologyPeer-reviewedApr 29, 2020

Prenatal aromatase inhibition alters postnatal immune function in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus)

Jeffrey W. Simkins, A.E. Joseph, Frances Bonier, Z Morgan Benowitz‐Fredericks

This study investigates whether prenatal testosterone exposure affects immune function in chickens via aromatase-mediated conversion to estradiol, finding that inhibiting aromatase increases immune indicators.

5 citations

experimental assay

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