Rapid stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male rufous-winged sparrows, Peucaea carpalis: Characterization, time course, and recovery

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Deviche, Pierre ^a   Gao, Sisi ^a   Davies, Scott ^a   Sharp, Peter J ^b   Dawson, Alistair ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Bird; Corticosterone; Field endocrinology; Luteinizing hormone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEUCAEA CARPALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPARROW; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 84860531447     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.022     Document Type: Review

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