Characteristics of the proopiomelanocortin system in the outdoor-bred domestic gander: II. Seasonal and circadian rhythmicity; effect of ether stress and lipopolysaccharide administration

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-59

  Barna, I ^a   Koenig, J I ^b   Peczely P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GOOSE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS;

EID: 0031938467     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7002     Document Type: Article

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