Regulation of the HPA axis is related to song complexity and measures of phenotypic quality in song sparrows

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-659

  Schmidt, Kim L ^a   Furlonger, Ainsley A ^a   Lapierre, Janet M ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Elizabeth A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Dexamethasone; Heterophil:lymphocyte ratio; HPA axis; Leukocyte profile; Sexual selection; Song complexity; Songbird; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONG COMPLEXITY; SPARROW; VOCALIZATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOASSAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPARROWS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84859101507     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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