Testosterone, 11-ketotestosterone, and estradiol-17β modify baseline and stress-induced interrenal and corticotropic activity in trout

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 284-295

  Pottinger, T G ^a   Carrick, T R ^a   Hughes, S E ^a   Balm, P H M ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS; TROUT;

EID: 0030561165     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0173     Document Type: Article

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