Thyroid hormone concentrations in black bears (Ursus americanus): Hibernation and pregnancy effects

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 192-199

  Tomasi, Thomas E ^a   Hellgren, Eric C ^b,c   Tucker, Tammy J ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMPLANTATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THYROID FUNCTION;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0031931911     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7018     Document Type: Article

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