Combined effects of molt and chronic stress on heart rate, heart rate variability, and glucocorticoid physiology in European Starlings

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Kostelanetz, Sophia ^a   Dickens, Molly J ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Energy regulation; Molt; Molt rate; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 71749107288     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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