Effects of ACTH, capture, and short term confinement on glucocorticoid concentrations in harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-283

  Nilsson, Peter B ^a,b   Hollmén, Tuula E ^a,b   Atkinson, Shannon ^a,b   Mashburn, Kendall L ^a,b   Tuomi, Pamela A ^a   Esler, Daniel ^c   Mulcahy, Daniel M ^d   Rizzolo, Daniel J ^e  

^a ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal function; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Harlequin duck; Sea ducks; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; HATCHING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS;

ANAS; AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 39949084141     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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