Corticosterone and cortisol binding sites in plasma, immune organs and brain of developing zebra finches: Intracellular and membrane-associated receptors

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 908-918

  Schmidt, Kim L ^a   Malisch, Jessica L ^b   Breuner, Creagh W ^b   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; Bursa of Fabricius; CBG; Cerebellum; Diencephalon; Glucocorticoid; GR; Immunosteroid; Liver; Mineralocorticoid; MR; Neurosteroid; Non genomic; Songbird; Spleen; Stress; Telencephalon; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE RECEPTOR; GLOBULIN; HYDROCORTISONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BURSA FABRICII; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NERVE MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CYTOSOL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOASSAY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FINCHES; GLOBULINS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIVER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, STEROID; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77954217559     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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