Sprague-Dawley rats obtained from different vendors exhibit distinct adrenocorticotropin responses to inflammatory stimuli

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 186-195

  Turnbull, Andrew V ^a   Rivier, Catherine L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Inflammation; Strain differences

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TURPENTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; IRRITANTS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS; TURPENTINE;

EID: 0032862693     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054475     Document Type: Article

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