Interaction between sexual steroids and immune response in affecting oxidative status of birds

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Casagrande, Stefania ^a   Costantini, David ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian ecophysiology; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; Female signaling; Honest signaling; Oxidative stress; Secondary sexual trait; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

AVES; GEOPELIA CUNEATA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84866391832     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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