Effects of handling and vehicle injections on adrenocorticotropic and corticosterone concentrations in Sprague-Dawley compared with Lewis rats

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-39

  Deutsch Feldman, Molly ^a   Picetti, Roberto ^a   Seip Cammack, Katharine ^a,b   Zhou, Yan ^a   Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROLACTIN;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922219488     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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