Food, stress, and circulating testosterone: Cue integration by the testes, not the brain, in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 215, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Perfito, Nicole ^b   Guardado, Daisy ^b   Bentley, George E ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fasting; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Stress; Testosterone; Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SULFOTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL BODY; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GONAD; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FINCH; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CUES; FASTING; FINCHES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SONGBIRDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84927153738     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.03.010     Document Type: Article

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