Cortisol and corticosterone in the songbird immune and nervous systems: Local vs. systemic levels during development

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Schmidt, Kim L ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Altricial; Avian; Bird; Bone marrow; Brain; Bursa of fabricius; Chicken; Glucocorticoid; Hydrocortisone; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Immunosteroid; Neurosteroid; Ontogeny; Spleen; Stress; Stress hyporesponsive period; Thymus; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FINCHES; HYDROCORTISONE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; STRESS;

EID: 50649125289     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00002.2008     Document Type: Article

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