Modulation of behaviour and testosterone concentration in immunodepressed male laboratory mice (Mus musculus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 907-917

  Barnard, Christopher J ^a   Behnke, Jerzy M ^a   Gage, Alexander R ^a   Brown, Hazel ^a   Smithurst, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Corticosterone; Immunodepression; Mice; Modulation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030976384     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(97)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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