Adrenal and white cell count responses to chronic stress in gestating and postpartum females of the viviparous skink Egernia whitii (Scincidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 100-107

  Cartledge, Victoria A ^a   Gartrell, Brett ^b   Jones, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Captivity; Corticosterone; Immune system; Leucocytes; Lizard; Progesterone; Stress; Viviparous

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION;

ANIMALIA; EGERNIA WHITII; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 20444389337     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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