Corticosterone: effects on feather quality and deposition into feathers

Does Feather Corticosterone Reflect Individual Quality or External Stress in Arctic-Nesting Migratory Birds?

(2014) Pierre Legagneux et al.   PLoS One

Dexamethasone inhibits corticosterone deposition in feathers of greenfinches

(2013) Peeter Hõrak et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Pharmacological characterization of intracellular glucocorticoid receptors in nine tissues from house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

(2012) Christine R. Lattin et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Coloration signals the ability to cope with elevated stress hormones: effects of corticosterone on growth of barn owls are associated with melanism

(2012) B. ALMASI et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study

(2011) Christine R. Lattin et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Non-breeding feather concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with subsequent survival in wild house sparrows

(2011) L. Koren et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Elevated hair cortisol concentrations in endurance athletes

(2011) Nadine Skoluda et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Effects of a short period of elevated circulating corticosterone on postnatal growth in free-living Eurasian kestrels Falco tinnunculus

(2009) C. Muller et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Tracking stress: localisation, deposition and stability of corticosterone in feathers

(2009) G. R. Bortolotti et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Exogenous and endogenous corticosterone alter feather quality

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

Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology

(2008) G. R. Bortolotti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Corticosterone mediates the condition-dependent component of melanin-based coloration

(2007) Alexandre Roulin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR