Effect of repeated stress on a number of plasma amino acids and related compounds in young and old rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 969-971

  Milakofsky, Louis ^a   Harris, Nina ^b   Vogel, Wolfgang H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Age; Aging; Amino acids; Amino compounds; Plasma; Rats; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE;

ADAPTATION; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030249875     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00094-7     Document Type: Article

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