Does immune suppression during stress occur to promote physical performance?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4097-4103

  Martin, Lynn B ^a   Brace, Amber J ^a   Urban, Alexandra ^a   Coon, Courtney A C ^a   Liebl, Andrea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captivity; Corticosterone; House sparrow; Passer domesticus; Stress; Trade off

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLYING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPARROW; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FLORIDA; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RESPIRATORY BURST; SPARROWS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84869191971     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.073049     Document Type: Article

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