Effects of corticosterone pellets on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone and corticosteroid-binding-globulin

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-66

  Müller, Claudia ^a,b   Almasi, Bettina ^a,b   Roulin, Alexandre ^c   Breuner, Creagh W ^d   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress response; Aves; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Corticosterone administration; Falco tinnunculus; Negative feedback regulation; Post natal; Self degrading implants; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PLACEBO; TRANSCORTIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORTICOSTERONE; FALCONIFORMES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRIGIFORMES; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 57649230775     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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