Circadian rhythm and response to an acute stressor of urinary corticosterone, testosterone, and creatinine in adult male mice

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 429-435

  Thorpe, J B ^a   Rajabi, N ^a   Decatanzaro, D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; corticosterone; creatinine; stress; testosterone; urine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; URINALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; MALE; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84861698553     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1306307     Document Type: Article

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