Seasonal variation in corticosterone receptor binding in brain, hippocampus, and gonads in House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-598

  Lattin, Christine R ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Ovary; Seasonality; Testes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; LIFE HISTORY; PASSERINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

EID: 84890388465     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13043     Document Type: Article

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