Steroidal hormones determine sex-related differences in opioid-induced elevation of nociceptive threshold in sheep (ovis aries)

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 68-71

  Cook, C J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal sex; Hormones; Opioids; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002327320     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1998.36059     Document Type: Article

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