Effects of repeated, short-term, corticosterone administration on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis of the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-223

  Busch, D Shallin ^a   Sperry, Todd S ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a   Boyd, Ellen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH challenge; Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Corticosterone binding globulin; Hepatic corticosterone metabolism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DOWN REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW;

EID: 52049110285     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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