Supplementary information to: Glucocorticoid receptor expression in blood, but not across brain regions, reveals long-term effects of early life adversity in zebra finches

Abstract

Table S1. Results of the PC analysis on relative GR expression across tissues (three main components).

Table S2. Pearson correlation matrix showing the correlations among relative GR expression across the six tissues sampled (N=42) with (A) and without (B) controlling by age at sampling: AMY: amygdala, HP: Hippocampus, NCL: Nidopallium Caudolaterale , HYP: Hypothalamus, VS: Ventral striatum. Relative GR expression values were ln transformed. Correlation coefficients are presented on the left of each cell, and p values on the right. CORT variables were ln-transformed. Significant (p<0.05) and close to significance (p<0.1) correlations are presented in bold. Age was controlled for by obtaining the residuals of relative GR expression on age at sampling.

Table S3. Main model testing the effects of nestling mass on relative GR expression. AMY: amygdala, HP: Hippocampus, NCL: Nidopallium Caudolaterale, HYP: Hypothalamus, VS: Ventral striatum. Note that all variables except Tissue were mean-centered for the analysis.

Table S4. Model testing the effects of nestling mass on relative GR expression (ln) in adulthood in Amygdala (A), Hippocampus (B), Hypothalamus (C) and Nidopallium Caudolaterale (D). Note that all variables were mean-centered for the analysis.

Table S5. Model testing the effects of adult mass on relative GR expression (ln) in Blood (A) and Ventral Striatum (B). Note that all variables but Tissue were mean-centered for the analysis.

Table S6. Model testing the effects of compensatory growth (day 100 mass – day 15 mass) on relative GR expression (ln) in Blood (A) and Ventral Striatum (B). Note that all variables but Tissue were mean-centered for the analysis.