Effects of anesthesia and blood sampling techniques on plasma metabolites and corticosterone in the rat

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 592-598

  Arnold, Myrtha ^a   Langhans, Wolfgang ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experimental manipulations; Handling; Laboratory animals; Metabolism; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHER; FATTY ACID; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; LACTIC ACID; MEDETOMIDINE; MIDAZOLAM; XYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INJECTION SITE; JUGULAR VEIN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ETHER, ETHYL; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEMOGLOBINS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77950367564     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.021     Document Type: Article

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