Seasonal changes in cortisol and progesterone secretion in Common hamsters

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Franceschini, Claudia ^a   Siutz, Carina ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Millesi, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cricetus cricetus; Glucocorticoids; Progesterone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROGESTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPRING;

EID: 34247532827     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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