Neurosteroids, immunosteroids, and the Balkanization of endocrinology

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Schmidt, Kim L ^a   Pradhan, Devaleena S ^a   Shah, Amit H ^a   Charlier, Thierry D ^a   Chin, Eunice H ^b   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bird; Bursa of Fabricius; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Development; DHEA; Estradiol; Immune system; Progesterone; Season; Songbird; Stress; Testosterone; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOSTEROID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; BALKANIZATION; BURSA FABRICII; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYMUS;

EID: 46049108141     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.025     Document Type: Review

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