Age-related levels of urinary free cortisol in the tree shrew

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-366

  Van Kampen, M ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Glucocorticoids; Tree shrews

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SENESCENCE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGING; ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; TUPAIA;

EID: 0031656736     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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