Yolk testosterone and corticosterone in hierarchical follicles and laid eggs of Japanese quail exposed to long-term restraint stress

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-96

  Okuliarová, Monika ^a   Šárniková, Božena ^b   Rettenbacher, Sophie ^c   Škrobánek, Peter ^b   Zeman, Michal ^a,b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic restraint stress; Corticosterone; Japanese quail; Ovarian follicles; Testosterone; Yolk hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUAIL; THECA CELL;

EID: 71649084975     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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