Effects of Endotoxin and Psychological Stress on Redox Physiology, Immunity and Feather Corticosterone in Greenfinches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Meitern, Richard ^a   Sild, Elin ^a,b   Lind, Mari Ann ^a   Männiste, Marju ^a   Sepp, Tuul ^a   Karu, Ulvi ^a   Hõrak, Peeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEATHER; FINCH; GREEN FINCH; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VETERINARY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; COCCIDIOSIS; CORTICOSTERONE; DNA DAMAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTOXINS; FEATHERS; FINCHES; GLUTATHIONE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84879270691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067545     Document Type: Article

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