Seasonal changes in concentrations of plasma LH and prolactin associated with the advance in the development of photorefractoriness and molt by high temperature in the starling

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-127

  Dawson, Alistair ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Climate change; LH; Molt; Photorefractoriness; Prolactin; Starling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIGHT REFRACTION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLTING; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARLING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 77952550310     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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