Locally elevated cortisol in lymphoid organs of the developing zebra finch but not Japanese quail or chicken

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 116-125

  Taves, Matthew D ^a   Losie, Jennifer A ^a   Rahim, Titissa ^a   Schmidt, Kim L ^d   Sandkam, Benjamin A ^e   Ma, Chunqi ^a   Silversides, Frederick G ^c   Soma, Kiran K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AGASSIZ RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bursa of Fabricius; Progesterone; Songbird; Spleen; Stress; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FEMALE; HATCHLING; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COTURNIX; FINCH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COTURNIX; FINCHES; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84942519396     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: 18790089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2015.09.004     Document Type: Article

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