Decreases in Mineralocorticoid but not Glucocorticoid Receptor mRNA Expression During the Short Arctic Breeding Season in Free-Living Gambel's White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-75

  Krause, J S ^a   Mcguigan, M A ^a   Bishop, V R ^b   Wingfield, J C ^a   Meddle, S L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Corticosterone; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BLOOD; BREEDING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPARROWS;

EID: 84919464794     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12237     Document Type: Article

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