Extraction and analysis of cortisol from human and monkey hair

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 83, 2014, Pages

  Meyer, Jerrold ^a   Novak, Melinda ^a   Hamel, Amanda ^a   Rosenberg, Kendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic Protocol; Cortisol; Hair; Humans; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Issue 83; Monkeys; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893357642     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50882     Document Type: Article

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