Post-operative corticosterone levels in plasma and feces of mice subjected to permanent catheterization and automated blood sampling

In Vivo

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-342

  Sundbom, Renée ^a   Jacobsen, Kirsten R ^b   Kalliokoski, Otto ^b   Hau, Jann ^b   Abelson, Klas S P ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automated blood sampling; Corticosterone; Mice; Surgical stress

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STRESS;

EID: 79956351410     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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