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Malisch, JL, DG Satterlee, JF Cockrem, H Wada, H, and CW Breuner (in re-review) How acute is the acute stress response? Baseline corticosterone and corticosteroid-binding globulin levels change 24 hours after an acute stressor in Japanese quail. General and Comparative Endocrinology Singletary, KG, CW Breuner, P Deviche, J Banh, and Y Delville (in review) Photoperiod-induced changes in orexin innervation in the brain of a migratory songbird, the white-crowned sparrow Brain, Behavior and Evolution Whitman, BA, CW Breuner, and AM Dufty (in review) Effects of neonatal handling on adrenocortical responsiveness, morphological development and corticosterone binding globulin in nestling American kestrels (Falco sparverius). Hormones and Behavior Malisch, JL and CW Breuner (in review) Steroid binding proteins and free steroids in birds Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Almasi, B, A Roulin, S Jenni-Eierrmann, CW Breuner, and L Jenni (in press) Regulation of free corticosterone and CBG capacity under different environmental conditions in altricial nestlings. General and Comparative Endocrinology Swett, MB and CW Breuner (in press) Plasma Testosterone correlates with morph-type across breeding sub-stages in male white-throated sparrows Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Breuner, C.W., Orchinik, M., (2009) Pharmacological characterization of intracellular, membrane, and plasma binding sites for corticosterone in house sparrows. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 163: 214-224 Malisch, J. L., Breuner, C. W., Kolb, E. M., Wada, H., Hannon, R. M., Chappell, M. A., Middleton, K. M., Garland, T., 2009. Behavioral Despair and Home-Cage Activity in Mice with Chronically Elevated Baseline Corticosterone Concentrations. Behavior Genetics. 39: 192-201. Muller, C., Almasi, B., Roulin, A., Breuner, C. W., Jenni-Eiermann, S., Jenni, L., 2009. Effects of corticosterone pellets on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone and corticosteroid-binding-globulin. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 160: 59-66. Wada, H., Salvante, K. G., Wagner, E., Williams, T. D., Breuner, C. W., 2009. Ontogeny and individual variation in the adrenocortical response of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) Nestlings. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 82: 325-331. Swett, M.B., and C.W. Breuner (2008) Interactions of testosterone, corticosterone, and corticosteroid binding globulin in the White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology PT A Vol 151 (2): 226-231 Breuner, CW (2008) Maternal stress, glucocorticoids and the maternal match hypothesis Hormones and Behavior Vol 54: 4875-4876 Breuner, CW (2008) Stressed tissue in a calm organism: focus on 'cortisol and corticosterone in the songbird immune and neural systems' by Schmidt and Soma. American Journal of Physiology: Regulative, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology Vol 295: R101-102 Breuner, CW, SH Patterson, and TP Hahn (2008) In search of relationships between the acute adrenocortical response and fitness. General and Comparative EndocrinologyVol 157: 288-295 Wada, H. and Breuner, C.W. (2008) Transient elevation of corticosterone alters begging behavior and growth of white-crowned sparrow nestlings. Journal of Experimental Biology Vol 211: 1696-1703 Malisch, J.L., Breuner, C.W., Gomes, F.R., Chappell, M.A., and T. Garland Jr. (2008) Circadian pattern of total and free corticosterone concentrations, corticosteroid-binding globulin, and physical activity in mice selectively bred for high voluntary wheel-running behavior. General and Comparative Endocrinology Vol 156: 210-217 Wada, H., Salvante, K.G., Stables, C., Wagner, E., Williams, T.D., and Breuner, C.W. (2008). Adrenocortical responses in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata): individual variation, repeatability and relationship to phenotypic quality. Hormones and Behavior Vol 53: 472-480 Wada, H., Hahn, T.P., and Breuner, C.W. (2007) Development of stress reactivity in white-crowned sparrow nestlings: total corticosterone response increases with age, while free corticosterone response remains low. General and Comparative Endocrinology 150(3): 405-413 Ward, C., Fontes, C., Breuner, C., and Mendonca, M. (2007) Characterization and quantification of corticosteroid binding globulin in a southern toad, Bufo terrestris, exposed to coal combustion waste General and Comparative Endocrinology 152 (1): 82-88 Zysling, D.A., Greives, T.J., Breuner, C.W., Casto, J.M., Demas, G.E., and Ketterson, E.D. (2006) Behavioral and physiological responses to experimentally elevated testosterone in female dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior 50(2): 200-207 Breuner, C.W., Lynn, S.E., Julian, G.E., Cornelius, J.M., Heidinger, B.J., Love, O.P., Sprague, R.S., Wada, H., and Whitman, B.A. (2006) Plasma binding globulins and the acute stress response. Hormone and Metabolic Research 38(4): 260-268 Wada, H., Hahn, T. P., Sockman, K. W., Breuner, C. W., and Morton, M. L. (2004). Storm-induced facultative altitudinal migration prior to breeding by mountain white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha. Auk. 121(4): 1269-1281 Love, O.P., Breuner, C.W., Vezina, F., and Williams, T.D. (2004). Modulation of corticosterone-mediated reproductive conflicts. Hormones and Behavior. 46: 59-65 Wingfield, J.C., Owen-Ashley, N., Benowitz-Fredericks, Z M., Lynn, S.E., Hahn, T. P., Wada, H., Breuner, C., Meddle, S., and Romero, M. (2004). Arctic Spring: The arrival biology of migrant birds. Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress 50(6): 948-960 Breuner, C. W., Orchinik, M., Hahn, T. P., Meddle, S.L., Moore, I.T., Owen-Ashley, N. T., Sperry, T.S., and Wingfield, J. C. (2003). Differential mechanisms for plasticity of the stress response across latitudinal gradients American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology 285: R594-R600 Breuner, C. W., and Hahn, T. P. (2003). Integrating stress physiology, environmental change, and behavior in free-living sparrows. Hormones and Behavior. 43: 115-123 Lynn, S. E., Breuner, C. W., and Wingfield, J. C. (2003). The effects of short-term fasting on activity, corticosterone, and corticosterone binding globulin in a migratory songbird, Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). Hormones and Behavior. 43: 150-157 Breuner, C. W., and Orchinik, M. (2002). Plasma binding proteins as mediators of corticosteroid action in vertebrates. Journal of Endocrinology 175: 99-112 Breuner, C.W. and Orchinik, M. (2002) Downstream from corticosterone: seasonality of binding globulins, receptors, and behavior in the avian stress response. In Avian Endocrinology, pp 385-399. A. Dawson (Ed.), Narosa Publishing, Orchinik, M., Gasser, P., and Breuner, C. (2002) Rapid Corticosteroid Action and Behavior: Mechanisms and Functional Consequences. In Steroids, Brain, and Behavior, D. Pfaff et al. (Eds.), Academic Press Breuner CW and Orchinik M (2001) Seasonal Regulation of Membrane and intracellular corticosteroid receptors in the house sparrow brain. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 13: 412-420 Deviche P, Breuner C and Orchinik M (2001) Testosterone, corticosterone, and photoperiod interact to regulate free steroid hormone levels in dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 122: 67-77. Breuner, C.W., Breuner, C. W., and Wingfield, J. C. (2000) Rapid Behavioral Response to Corticosterone Varies With Photoperiod and Dose. Hormones and Behavior 37: 23-30. Breuner, C. W., Wingfield, J.C., and Romero, L. M. (1999). Diel Rhythms of Basal and Stress-Induced Corticosterone in a Wild, Seasonal Vertebrate, Gambel’s White-Crowned Sparrow. Journal of Experimental Zoology 284: 334-342. Wikelski, M., Breuner, C. W., Greenberg, A. L., and Wingfield, J. C. (1998). Non-Invasive Corticosterone Treatment Rapidly Increases Activity in Gambel's White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii). General and Comparative Endocrinology 111: 386-394. Wingfield, J. C., Breuner, C. W., Honey, P., Jacobs, J., Lynn, S., Maney, D., Ramenofsky, M., and Richardson, R. (1998). Ecological bases of hormone-behavior interactions: the "emergency life history stage". American Zoologist 38(1): 191-206. Tramontin, A. D., Smith, G. T., Breuner, C. W., and Brenowitz, E. A. (1998). Seasonal plasticity and sexual dimorphism in the avian song control system: Stereological measurement of neuron density and number. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 396(2): 186-192. Wingfield, J. C., Breuner, C. W., and Jacobs, J. (1997). Corticosterone and behavioral responses to unpredictable events. In S. Harvey and R. J. Etches (Eds.), Perspectives in Avian Endocrinology, pp. 267-278. Journal Endocrinology Ltd., Wingfield, J. C., Hunt, K., Breuner, C., Dunlap, K., Fowler, G. S., Freed, L., and Lepson, J. (1997). Environmental Stress, Field Endocrinology and Conservation Biology. In J. R. C. a. R. Buckholtz (Ed.), Behavioral Approaches to Conservation in the Wild, pp. 95-131.