Environmentally relevant bouts of cooling stimulate corticosterone secretion in free-living eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) nestlings: Potential links between maternal behavior and corticosterone exposure in offspring

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Kern, Michael D ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Altricial; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamo pituitary adrenal axis; Neonatal stress; Nestling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICK; COOLING; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIALIA SIALIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALTRICIAL; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL AXIS; NEONATAL STRESS; NESTLING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COLD TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890043302     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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