Plasma testosterone levels decrease after activation of skin immune system in a free-ranging mammal

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-473

  Greiner, Sabine ^a,b   Stefanski, Volker ^a   Dehnhard, Martin ^a   Voigt, Christian C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Delayed type hypersensitivity skin test; Free ranging mammal; Immunocompetence handicap hypothesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BAT; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77955568637     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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