Plasticity in photoperiodic regulation of adrenal, but not testicular, function in Syrian hamsters

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 441-449

  Morgan, Caurnel ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Aggression; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Mesocricetus auratus; Pro opiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL FUNCTION; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 84864511055     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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