Does adrenal responsiveness vary with sex and reproductive status in Egernia whitii, a viviparous skink?

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Cartledge, Victoria A ^a   Jones, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Capture; Corticosterone; Oestrogen; Reptile; Stress; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIZARD; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX; STRESS;

EID: 33845208849     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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