Relationship between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responsiveness and age, sexual maturity status, and sex in Japanese quail selected for long or short duration of tonic immobility

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1913-1919

  Hazard, D ^a   Couty, M ^a   Faure, J M ^a   Guemene D ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Japanese quail; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TIME; TONIC IMMOBILITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; COSYNTROPIN; COTURNIX; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645732367     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.12.1913     Document Type: Article

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