Food restriction enhances endogenous and corticotropin-induced plasma elevations of free but not total corticosterone throughout life in rats

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Han, E S ^a   Evans, T R ^a   Shu, J H ^a   Lee, S ^a   Nelson, J F ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 0034874828     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.9.B391     Document Type: Article

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