DHEA and estradiol levels in brain, gonads, adrenal glands, and plasma of developing male and female European starlings

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 949-958

  Shah, Amit H ^a,b   Chin, Eunice H ^a   Schmidt, Kim L ^a   Soma, Kiran K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydroepiandrosterone; Estrogen; Neurosteroids; Sexual differentiation; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STARLING;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX FACTORS; STARLINGS;

EID: 80052944872     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0655-4     Document Type: Article

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