Evaluation of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal activity in the tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) via salivary cortisol measurement

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-274

  Ohl, F ^a   Kirschbaum, C ^b   Fuchs, E ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; HPA axis; Saliva; Stress; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SALIVA; SAMPLING; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SORICIDAE; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIA GLIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 0032865717     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367799780578237     Document Type: Article

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