Photorefractoriness in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) is not dependent upon the long-day-induced rise in plasma thyroxine

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 428-438

  Bentley, G E ^a   Goldsmith, A R ^a   Dawson, A ^b   Glennie, L M ^a   Talbot, R T ^c   Sharp, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031239052     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6941     Document Type: Article

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