Corticosterone and insulin interact to regulate plasma glucose but not lipid concentrations in molting starlings

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 88-94

  Remage Healey, Luke ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily rhythms; Energy metabolism; Fatty acids; Hypoglycemia; Molting; Seasonal rhythms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INJECTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; METABOLISM; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; INSULIN; MOLTING; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SONGBIRDS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0037211075     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00521-X     Document Type: Article

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