Urinary corticosterone levels in mice in responce to intraperitoneal injections with saline

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 279-283

  Meijer, Margot K ^a   Lemmens, Arnoldina G ^a   Van Zutphen, Bert F M ^a   Baumans, Vera ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TESTING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIABILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RODENT DISEASES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33644621682     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0804_4     Document Type: Article

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