Biochemical and physiological validation of a corticosteroid radioimmunoassay for plasma and fecal samples in oldfield mice (Peromyscus polionotus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Good, T ^a   Khan, M Z ^b   Lynch, J W ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline; Corticosteroids; Diel rhythm; Fecal samples; Lag time; Noninvasive; Oldfield mouse; Peromyscus polionotus subgriseus; Plasma samples; Radioimmunoassay; RIA; Stress response; Validation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CRICETIDAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0344153906     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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