Circulating and urinary adrenal corticosterone, progesterone, and estradiol in response to acute stress in female mice (Mus musculus)

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-218

  Thorpe, J B ^a   Gould, K E ^a   Borman, E D ^a   Decatanzaro, D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corticosterone; estradiol; progesterone; serum; stress; urine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ESTRADIOL URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MOUSE; MUS MUSCULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CORTICOSTERONE; CREATININE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895509885     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: 14394286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1363958     Document Type: Article

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