Photoperiod, Ambient Temperature, and Food Availability Interact to Affect Reproductive and Immune Function in Adult Male Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-262

  Demas, Gregory E ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Corticosterone; Immunity; Rhythms; Seasonality; Spleen; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CLIMATE; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLIMATE; CORTICOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPLEEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032088244     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873098129000093     Document Type: Article

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