Publications

Wada, H. Salvante, K.G., Wagner, E.C., Williams, T.D., and Breuner, C.W.  (in review) Ontogeny and individual variation in the adrenocortical response of zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) nestlings.  General and Comparative Endocrinology

Wada, H. and Breuner, C.W.  (in review) Transient elevation of corticosterone alters begging behavior and growth of white-crowned sparrow nestlings.  Journal of Experimental Biology

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

Lynn, S.E., Hahn, T.P., and Breuner, C.W.  (2007)  Free-living male mountain white-crowned sparrows exhibit territorial aggression without modulating total or free plasma testosterone.  Condor 109(1): 173-180

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., Moore, I.T., Breuner, C.W., and Wingfield, J.C., (2006).  Stress responses in equatorial sparrows: comparing tropical and temperate Zonotrichia.  Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 79(4): 784-792

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, New Delhi and London

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., Jennings, D., and Orchinik, M. (2000) Pharmacological Adrenalectomy with Mitotane. General and Comparative Endocrinology 120: 27-34.

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., Lynn, S., Breuner, C., Wingfield, J.C., and Kenagy, G.J. (1999). Energy metabolism, testosterone and corticosterone in white-crowned sparrows. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 185: 463-470

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., Bristol.

Breuner, C.W., Wada, H., Shyu, J., and Love, O.P. (submitted). Corticosteroid binding globulin capacity responds to chronic hormone treatment but not acute stressors. General and Comparative Endocrinology.

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. (in press). Arctic Spring: The arrival biology of migrant birds. Proceedings of the 23rd International Ornithological Congress

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