Food, stress, and reproduction: Short-term fasting alters endocrine physiology and reproductive behavior in the zebra finch

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-222

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Stamplis, Teresa B ^a   Barrington, William T ^a   Weida, Nicholas ^a   Hudak, Casey A ^a  

^a The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Corticosterone; Fasting; Reproductive behavior; Testosterone; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FINCH; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME; VOCALIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FASTING; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCORTIN; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77953361727     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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