Chronic psychological stress alters body weight and blood chemistry in European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Awerman, J L ^a   Romero, L M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Corticosterone; Protein metabolism; Weight change

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILE ACID; CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; GLOBULIN; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; URIC ACID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE ACID BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STARLING; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77549085040     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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