Adrenomedullary and glycemic responses to ACTH, corticosterone, aldosterone, epinephrine and norepinephrine administrations in the soft-shelled turtle

Folia Biologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 73-80

  Ray, Prajna P ^a   Chaudhuri Sengupta, S ^a   Maiti, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal medulla; Aldosterone; Blood sugar; Corticosterone; Epinephrine; Norepinephrine; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX ATROPHY; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LISSEMYS PUNCTATA PUNCTATA; NONHUMAN; TURTLE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALDOSTERONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL NUCLEUS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; INDIA; NOREPINEPHRINE; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; LISSEMYS PUNCTATA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 3142657315     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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