Stress, prolactin and parental investment in birds: A review

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 142-148

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a,b   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Parental care; Parental effort; Prolactin; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN; STEROID HORMONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHRONIC STRESS; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 67649819420     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.03.028     Document Type: Article

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