Possible mechanism for the first response to short captivity stress in the water frog, Rana esculenta

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-239

  Gobbetti, A ^a,b   Zerani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia MCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030051921     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1480233     Document Type: Article

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