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Research Article

Adaptation of the pituitary-adrenal axis to daily repeated forced swim exposure in rats is dependent on the temperature of water

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Pages 698-705 | Received 02 Apr 2013, Accepted 10 Jul 2013, Published online: 19 Aug 2013

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