Circulating levels of glucocorticoid hormones in WHHL and NZW rabbits: Circadian cycle and response to repeated social encounter

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 861-866

  Szeto, A ^a   Gonzales, J A ^a   Spitzer, S B ^a   Levine, J E ^b   Zaias, J ^c   Saab, P G ^a   Schneiderman, N ^a   McCabe, P M ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Rabbit; Social stress; WHHL

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVALUATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RABBITS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 2642580642     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(03)00153-7     Document Type: Article

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