Faecal corticosterone and immunoglobulin A in young adult rats

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 166-171

  Pihl, Liselotte ^a   Hau, Jann ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Corticosterone; Faeces; Glucocorticosteroid; Immunoglobulin A; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037394988     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00236770360563822     Document Type: Article

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