Diet salinity and vasopressin as reproduction modulators in the desert-dwelling golden spiny mouse (Acomys russatus)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-650

  Shanas, Uri ^a   Haim, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

ADH; Arid; Kidney; Relative medullary thickness; Rodent; Salinity; Water economy

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LABORATORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SALINITY; SEASON; STRESS; UTERUS; VAGINA ATRESIA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 2642546352     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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