Corticosterone in drinking water: Altered kinetics of a single oral dose of corticosterone and concentrations of plasma sodium, albumin, globulin, and total protein

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 171-182

  Pung, Thitiya ^a   Zimmerman, Kurt ^a   Klein, Bradley ^a   Ehrich, Marion ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood chemistry; brain catecholamines; corticosterone; oral absorption

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALBUMIN; ALCOHOL; BRAIN MONOAMINE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; CHLORIDE; CORN OIL; CORTICOSTERONE; DRINKING WATER; ESTERASE; GLOBULIN; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CORTEX; CATECHOLAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PONS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUTAMEN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CATECHOLAMINES; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; SODIUM; STRESS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13244290172     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233703th182oa     Document Type: Article

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