Interaction of testosterone, corticosterone and corticosterone binding globulin in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-231

  Swett, M B ^a   Breuner, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral polymorphism; Corticosterone; Corticosterone binding globulin; Free hormone hypothesis; Testosterone; White throated sparrow

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPARROW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AVES; MAMMALIA; ZONOTRICHIA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 49549112680     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.06.031     Document Type: Article

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