Hormetic effects of gamma radiation on the stress axis of natural populations of meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 334-343

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a   Manzon, Richard G ^b   Mihok, Steve ^c   Helson, Julie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Hematology; Hormesis; Hyperadrenocorticism; Stress axis

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DOSIMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY;

BINDING CAPACITY; CORTICOSTERONE; MEADOW VOLES; STRESS AXIS;

GAMMA RAYS;

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HEMATOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HORMESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STEROID RELEASE; STRESS; VOLE;

ADRENOCORTICAL HYPERFUNCTION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 12344262147     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-163R.1     Document Type: Article

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