Dehydroepiandrosterone and corticosterone are regulated by season and acute stress in a wild songbird: Jugular versus brachial plasma

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2537-2545

  Newman, Amy E M ^a   Pradhan, Devaleena S ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PRASTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; STRESS;

EID: 42449132248     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1363     Document Type: Article

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