Does corticosterone regulate the onset of breeding in free-living birds?: The CORT-Flexibility Hypothesis and six potential mechanisms for priming corticosteroid function

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 107-120

  Lattin, Christine R ^a,c   Breuner, Creagh W ^b   Michael Romero, L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Mineralocorticoid receptor; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84946867004     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2015.10.020     Document Type: Review

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