Cortisol and corticosterone independence in cortisol-dominant wildlife

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Koren, Lee ^a,b   Whiteside, Douglas ^a,c   Fahlman, Åsa ^a,d   Ruckstuhl, Kathreen ^a   Kutz, Susan ^a   Checkley, Sylvia ^a   Dumond, Mathieu ^e   Wynne Edwards, Katherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; LC MS MS; Mammals; Serum; SPE; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; STRESS; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILDLIFE;

EID: 84860513466     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.020     Document Type: Article

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