Acute stress rapidly decreases plasma testosterone in a free-ranging male songbird: Potential site of action and mechanism

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-90

  Deviche, Pierre J ^a   Hurley, Laura L ^a   Fokidis, H Bobby ^a   Lerbour, Benjamin ^b   Silverin, Bengt ^c   Silverin, Björg ^c   Sabo, John ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aimophila; GnRH; Gonadotropin; N methyl d,l aspartate; NMA; Passerine; Pituitary gland; Rufous winged sparrow; Sonoran desert; Testis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77956618738     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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