Characterization of pituitary-adrenocortical activity in the Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 513-519

  Reeder, DeeAnn M ^a,c   Raff, Hershel ^b   Kunz, Thomas H ^a   Widmaier, Eric P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bats; Glucocorticoids; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EXERCISE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, ANIMAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS;

EID: 33745938116     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0073-z     Document Type: Article

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