Chronic stress alters concentrations of corticosterone receptors in a tissue-specific manner in wild house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 2601-2608

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

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Peripheral receptors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECEPTORS, MINERALOCORTICOID; SPARROWS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84921328407     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.103788     Document Type: Article

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