Sex differences in the excretion of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in the Syrian hamster

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 919-925

  Chelini, Marie Odile M ^a   Otta, Emma ^a   Yamakita, Clarissa ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

ACTH challenge test; Cortisol; Fecal metabolites; Hamster; Noninvasive monitoring

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77954504933     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0467-9     Document Type: Article

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