Effects of corticosterone on innate and humoral immune functions and oxidative stress in barn owl nestlings

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2085-2091

  Stier, Kim Silvana ^a,b   Almasi, Bettina ^a,b   Gasparini, Julien ^c   Piault, Romain ^c   Roulin, Alexandre ^c   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive innate immune system; Corticosterone; Humoral immunity; Immunocompetence; Oxidative stress; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; OWL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STRIGIFORMES;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 67649498093     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024406     Document Type: Article

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