Study of changes in some pathophysiological stress markers in different age groups of an animal model of acute and chronic heat stress

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-111

  Sinha, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier (BBB); Body temperature; Body weight; Heat stress; Plasma corticosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTRAVASATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEAT STRESS; INCUBATOR; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PERMEABILITY; RAT; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WEANING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORTICOSTERONE; DEFECATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STOMACH ULCER;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249048016     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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