Handling during pregnancy in the blue fox (Alopex lagopus): The influence on the fetal pituitary-adrenal axis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-110

  Osadchuk, L V ^a   Braastad, B O ^b   Hovland, A L ^b   Bakken, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blue fox; Handling; Pituitary adrenal axis; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FOX; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS;

EID: 0034941326     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7654     Document Type: Article

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