Salivary IgA as a marker of social stress in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-140

  Guhad, F A ^a   Hau, J ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Rat; Rocket immunoelectrophoresis; Saliva; Secretory IgA; Social stress; Stress marker

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVA; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 0030604037     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13037-8     Document Type: Article

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