QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s):
Home     Help     Feedback     Subscriptions     Archive     Search     Table of Contents

First published online December 1, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4957-4965 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02610

This Article Summary Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Related articles in JEB Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Bourgeon, S. Articles by Raclot, T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Bourgeon, S. Articles by Raclot, T.

Corticosterone selectively decreases humoral immunity in female eiders during incubation

Sophie Bourgeon^* and Thierry Raclot

Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC), Département Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie (DEPE), UMR 7178 CNRS-ULP, 23 rue Becquerel, F-67087 Strasbourg Cedex 2, France

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Effects of treatment on wing-web swelling in female eiders: corticosterone implanted (hatched bars), sham implanted (open bars), and `late fasting' females (cross hatched bars). Values are means ± s.e.m. a,b indicate a significant difference between groups (LSD post-hoc tests).

View larger version (27K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Effects of treatment on immunoglobulin level before (hatched bars) and after (open bars) manipulation in female eiders. Values are means ± s.e.m. a-d indicate a significant difference between groups (LSD post-hoc tests).

View larger version (10K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Relationship between corticosterone level and immunoglobulin level before implantation in female eiders sampled near the end of incubation.