Development of the adrenal stress response in the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Rensel, Michelle A ^a   Boughton, Raoul K ^b   Schoech, Stephan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens); Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Ontogeny; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STRESS HORMONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 71549160315     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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