Fecal corticoid metabolites in aged male and female rats after husbandry-related disturbances in the colony room

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 17-21

  Cavigelli, Sonia A ^a   Guhad, Faisal A ^b   Ceballos, Rachel M ^a   Whetzel, Courtney A ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^b   Lang, C Max ^b   Klein, Laura Cousino ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FISCHER 344 RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; AGE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FECES; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEX FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 33847147543     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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