The effects of neonatal handling on adrenocortical responsiveness, morphological development and corticosterone binding globulin in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 260-267

  Whitman, Buddy A ^a   Breuner, Creagh W ^b   Dufty, Alfred M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stress response; Corticosterone; Corticosterone binding globulin; Neonatal handling; Phenotypic development

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HATCHING; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NESTLING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79955740479     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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