Circadian variation in basal plasma corticosterone and adrenocorticotropin in the rat: Sexual dimorphism and changes across the estrous cycle

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3842-3848

  Atkinson, Helen C ^a   Waddell, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; IODINE 125;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030792107     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.9.5395     Document Type: Article

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