The effect of flight, fasting and p,p′-DDT on thyroid hormones and corticosterone in Gambel's white-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelli

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-189

  Scollon, Edward J ^a,b   Carr, James A ^a   Cobb, George P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromohelicase DNA binding (CHD) gene; Corticosterone; Fasting; Flight; p,p dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine; White crowned sparrow; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; CORTICOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FLIGHT; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELLI;

AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZEA MAYS; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 1642288965     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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