Analysis of steroids in songbird plasma and brain by coupling solid phase extraction to radioimmunoassay

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 503-510

  Newman, A E M ^a   Chin, E H ^a   Schmidt, K L ^a   Bond, L ^b   Wynne Edwards, K E ^b   Soma, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; C18; Chicken; Corticosterone; Dehydroepiandrosterone; DHEA; EIA; Estradiol; European starling; Hormone; Lipid; Neurosteroid; RIA; Sample preparation; Song sparrow; Songbird; Steroid extraction; Stress; Yolk; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 38849085860     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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