Alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function associated with captivity in Gambel's white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Romero, L Michael ^a,b   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Birds; Corticosterone; Corticotrophin releasing factor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Mesotocin; Seasonal changes; Stress; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESOTOCIN;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; STRESS;

EID: 0033054235     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10161-X     Document Type: Article

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