Environmental and hormonal correlates of immune activity in a cooperatively breeding tropical bird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Rubenstein, Dustin R ^a   Parlow, A F ^b   Hutch, Chelsea R ^c   Martin II, Lynn B ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid; Immune function; Immunoenhance; Immunosuppress; Prolactin; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 53149108929     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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