Activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis by isolation and restraint stress during lactation in ewes: Effect of the presence of the lamb and suckling

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3501-3509

  Tilbrook, A J ^a   Turner, A I ^a   Ibbott, M D ^a   Clarke, I J ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; LACTATION; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUCKLING;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745149746     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1632     Document Type: Article

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