Regulation of free corticosterone and CBG capacity under different environmental conditions in altricial nestlings

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 117-124

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Barn owls (Tyto alba); Corticosterone; Corticosterone binding globulins (CBG); Environmental variation; Free corticosterone; Stress response regulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 70350020429     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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