Effects of exogenous corticosterone on locomotor activity in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 637-644

  Cash, William B ^a   Holberton, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TURTLES;

EID: 0033230959     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991101)284:6<637::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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