Circulating prolactin and corticosterone concentrations during the development of migratory condition in the Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 641-649

  Holberton, Rebecca L ^a   Boswell, Timothy ^b   Hunter, Meredith J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dark eyed Junco; Fattening; Hyperphagia; Junco hyemalis; Migration; Migratory condition; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 38949088966     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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