Differential Responses of Cortisol and Corticosterone to Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) in a Subterranean Rodent (Ctenomys talarum)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 317 A, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-184

  Vera, Federico ^a   Zenuto, Roxana Rita ^a   Antenucci, Carlos Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; WILD ANIMAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860472598     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1711     Document Type: Article

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