The direct response of the gonads to cues of stress in a temperate songbird species is season-dependent

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  McGuire, Nicolette L ^a   Koh, Annie ^a   Bentley, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Corticosterone; Estradiol; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH); Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); Ovary; Photoperiod; Stress; Supplementary cues; Testes; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEOXYGLUCOSE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; METABOLIC STRESS; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84885100706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.139     Document Type: Article

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