Ontogenetic diurnal variation of adrenal responsiveness to ACTH and stress in rats

Hormone Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Leal, Ângela M O ^a   Carvalho, Jordana ^a   Moreira, Ayrton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal axis; Corticosterone; Ontogeny; Rhythmicity; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033383045     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000023428     Document Type: Article

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