Photoperiodically-induced changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis sensitivity in captive house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 562-568

  Romero, L Michael ^a   Rich, Erin L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Circadian; Glucocorticoids; Seasonal rhythms

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPARROW;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247278787     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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