Interactions between the immune system and the hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal axis in fish

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Weyts, F A A ^a,b   Cohen, N ^c   Flik, G ^b   Verburg van Kemenade, B M L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Fish; Hypothalamo pituitary interrenal axis; Immunology; Stress

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0032622337     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1998.0170     Document Type: Article

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