Changes in baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels during the active period in free-ranging male and female little brown myotis, Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 260-269

  Reeder, DeeAnn M ^a   Kosteczko, Nicole S ^a   Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Widmaier, Eric P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Free ranging; Glucocorticoid; Lactation; Myotis lucifugus; Pre hibernation; Pregnancy; Seasonality; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIBERNATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 1542613789     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.12.020     Document Type: Article

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