Photoperiod history differentially impacts reproduction and immune function in adult Siberian hamsters

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 509-522

  Prendergast, Brian J ^a   Pyter, Leah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood leukocyte; Cortisol; Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH); Neural immune interactions; Reproduction; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPOSURE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HYSTERESIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DINITROFLUOROBENZENE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTIS;

CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS;

EID: 70450182596     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730409349714     Document Type: Article

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