Influence of thyroid status on water metabolism and survival of normal and dehydrated desert rodents Meriones libycus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Chaouacha Chekir, R Ben ^a   Leloup, J ^b   Lachiver, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROIDECTOMY; URINE OSMOLALITY; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER METABOLISM; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031022172     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6792     Document Type: Article

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