Role of the low-affinity glucocorticoid receptor in the regulation of behavior and energy metabolism in the migratory red knot Calidris canutus islandica

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 658-668

  Landys, Mèta M ^a,d   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

METABOLISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; FLYING; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MIFEPRISTONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 13444262596     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/420942     Document Type: Article

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