Relationship between corticosterone and body weight, androstenedione and insulin during the period of delayed ovulation in a vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-291

  Krishna, A ^a   Bahuguna, J ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bat; Body weight; Corticosterone; Hyperandrogenism; Insulin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHIROPTERA; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FEMALE; INSULIN; OVULATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS;

SCOTOPHILUS; SCOTOPHILUS HEATHI; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASON;

EID: 0036024919     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.53.2002.3.4     Document Type: Article

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