Contributions of endocrinology to the migration life history of birds

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-60

  Cornelius, J M ^a   Boswell, T ^b   Jenni Eiermann, S ^c   Breuner, C W ^d   Ramenofsky, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fat; Hyperphagia; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOSTERONE; FATTY ACID; GHRELIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTUMN; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BREEDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING;

CORTICOSTERONE; FAT; HYPERPHAGIA; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; ZUGUNRUHE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HYPERPHAGIA; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

EID: 84882820663     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.027     Document Type: Review

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