Inverse urinary corticosterone and testosterone metabolite responses to different durations of restraint in the cane toad (Rhinella marina)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 345-349

  Narayan, Edward J ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a   Cockrem, John F ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Corticosterone; Manual restraint; Plasticity; Reaction norm; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANURA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RHINELLA MARINA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; BUFO MARINUS; EXERCISE; PHYSIOLOGY; URINE;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; CORTICOSTERONE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84867741246     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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