Corticosterone suppresses cutaneous immune function in temperate but not tropical House Sparrows, Passer domesticus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-135

  Martin II, Lynn B ^a,b   Gilliam, Jessica ^a   Han, Peggy ^a   Lee, Kelly ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Latitude; Life history; Phytohemagglutinin; Steroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 10944271761     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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