Temperature and photoperiod effects on thyroid function and metabolism in cotton rats (Sigmodon hispidus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-274

  Tomasi, T E ^a   Mitchell, D A ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hormone turnover; hormone utilization; metabolic rate; photoperiod; Sigmodon hispidus; temperature; thyroxine (T4); triiodothyronine (T3)

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEIODINATION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THYROID FUNCTION; WINTER;

SIGMODON HISPIDUS;

EID: 0029977694     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(96)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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