Photoperiod and temperature interact to affect immune parameters in adult male deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-102

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DARKNESS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIGHT; MALE; PEROMYSCUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

EID: 0030162180     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049601100202     Document Type: Article

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