Innate immunity and testosterone rapidly respond to acute stress, but is corticosterone at the helm?

Advanced seasonal reproductive development in a male urban bird is reflected in earlier plasma luteinizing hormone rise but not energetic status

(2015) Scott Davies et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

(2015) Sharon E. Lynn et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Common measures of immune function vary with time of day and sampling protocol in five passerine species

(2015) M. Zylberberg   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Regulation of feeding behavior and plasma testosterone in response to central neuropeptide Y administration in a songbird

(2015) Scott Davies et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Across time and space: Effects of urbanization on corticosterone and body condition vary over multiple years in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

(2015) Sarah L. Foltz et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Effects of Acute Restraint Stress, Prolonged Captivity Stress and Transdermal Corticosterone Application on Immunocompetence and Plasma Levels of Corticosterone on the Cururu Toad (Rhinella icterica)

(2015) Vania Regina de Assis et al.   PLoS One

Hormonal, Behavioral, and Life-History Traits Exhibit Correlated Shifts in Relation to Population Establishment in a Novel Environment

(2014) Jonathan W. Atwell et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Regulation of plasma testosterone, corticosterone, and metabolites in response to stress, reproductive stage, and social challenges in a desert male songbird

(2014) Pierre Deviche et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Thermal Sensitivity of Immune Function: Evidence against a Generalist-Specialist Trade-Off among Endothermic and Ectothermic Vertebrates

(2013) Michael W. Butler et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Individual variation in glucocorticoid stress responses in animals

(2013) John F. Cockrem   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Importance of the glucocorticoid stress response in a changing world: Theory, hypotheses and perspectives

(2013) Frédéric Angelier et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The direct response of the gonads to cues of stress in a temperate songbird species is season-dependent

(2013) Nicolette L. McGuire et al.   PeerJ

Evaluating stress in natural populations of vertebrates: total CORT is not good enough

(2012) Creagh W. Breuner et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Rapid stress-induced inhibition of plasma testosterone in free-ranging male rufous-winged sparrows, Peucaea carpalis: Characterization, time course, and recovery

(2012) Pierre Deviche et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Modulation of the prolactin and the corticosterone stress responses: Do they tell the same story in a long-lived bird, the Cape petrel?

(2012) Frédéric Angelier et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Corticosterone–immune interactions during captive stress in invading Australian cane toads (Rhinella marina)

(2012) Sean P. Graham et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Influence of Stressor Duration on Leukocyte and Hormonal Responses in Male Southeastern Five-Lined Skinks (Plestiodon inexpectatus)

(2012) Ryan J. Seddon et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Sex-specific variation in brown-headed cowbird immunity following acute stress: a mechanistic approach

(2012) Loren Merrill et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Effect of Acute Stress and Long-Term Corticosteroid Administration on Plasma Metabolites in an Urban and Desert Songbird

(2012) Scott Davies et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Innate immunity and stress physiology of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from two stream reaches with differing habitat quality

(2011) William A. Hopkins et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Multiple indices of body condition reveal no negative effect of urbanization in adult house sparrows

(2011) Veronika Bókony et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Stress revisited: A critical evaluation of the stress concept

(2011) J.M. Koolhaas et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Effects of Captivity and Body Condition on Plasma Corticosterone, Locomotor Behavior, and Plasma Metabolites in Curve-Billed Thrashers

(2011) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Captivity affects immune redistribution to skin in a wild bird

(2010) Joshua R. Kuhlman et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Heterophils/Lymphocytes-ratio and circulating corticosterone do not indicate the same stress imposed on Eurasian kestrel nestlings

(2010) Claudia Müller et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A functional neuropeptide system in vertebrate gonads: Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its receptor in testes of field-caught house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2010) Nicolette L. McGuire et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

An acute stressor alters steroid hormone levels and activity but not sexual behavior in male and female Ocoee salamanders (Desmognathus ocoee)

(2010) Sarah K. Woodley et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Human disturbance alters endocrine and immune responses in the Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

(2010) Susannah S. French et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Food, stress, and reproduction: Short-term fasting alters endocrine physiology and reproductive behavior in the zebra finch

(2010) Sharon E. Lynn et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Context-specific territorial behavior in urban birds: No evidence for involvement of testosterone or corticosterone

(2010) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Relationships between metabolic status, corticosterone secretion and maintenance of innate and adaptive humoral immunities in fasted re-fed mallards

(2010) S. Bourgeon et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The role of the glucocorticoid receptor in inflammation and immunity

(2010) Ulrike Baschant et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Stress and immunity in wild vertebrates: Timing is everything

(2009) Lynn B. Martin   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

The effects of testosterone on immune function in quail selected for divergent plasma corticosterone response

(2009) M. L. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effects of corticosterone on innate and humoral immune functions and oxidative stress in barn owl nestlings

(2009) K. S. Stier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effects of stress throughout the lifespan on the brain, behaviour and cognition

(2009) Sonia J. Lupien et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method

(2009) Jordi Peig et al.   OIKOS

Effects of Small Increases in Corticosterone Levels on Morphology, Immune Function, and Feather Development

(2009) Michael W. Butler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Exogenous and endogenous corticosterone alter feather quality

(2008) David W. DesRochers et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Corticosterone and corticosteroid binding globulin in birds: Relation to urbanization in a desert city

(2008) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Experimental manipulation of testosterone and condition during molt affects activity and vocalizations of male blue tits

(2008) Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Interspecific variation in avian blood parasites and haematology associated with urbanization in a desert habitat

(2008) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Immune sexual dimorphism: Effect of gonadal steroids on the expression of cytokines, sex steroid receptors, and lymphocyte proliferation

(2008) Marco A. De León-Nava et al.   JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Constitutive Immune Function Responds More Slowly to Handling Stress than Corticosterone in a Shorebird

(2008) Deborah M. Buehler et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Seasonal changes in vertebrate immune activity: mediation by physiological trade-offs

(2007) L. B Martin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES