Corticosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone in songbird plasma and brain: Effects of season and acute stress

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1905-1914

  Newman, Amy E M ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DHEA; Glucocorticoid; Hippocampus; Molt; Neurosteroid; Song sparrow

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PRASTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; GONADS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIVER; MALE; MOLTING; MUSCLES; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEASONS; SPARROWS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 65549117970     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06748.x     Document Type: Article

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