Corticosterone responses of adult Lewis and Fischer rats

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-101

  Grota, L J ^a   Bienen, T ^a   Felten, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmunity; corticosterone; Lewis Fischer rats; stress responses

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NICOTINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030939806     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00209-3     Document Type: Article

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