Corticosterone selectively decreases humoral immunity in female eiders during incubation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 4957-4965

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Raclot, Thierry ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Body reserve; Fasting; Glucocorticoid; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; DUCK; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; FASTING; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANAS; AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33846498391     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02610     Document Type: Article

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