Gonadectomy in the spring reinstates hibernation in male golden-mantled ground squirrels

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 6 39-6, 1996, Pages

  Dark, John ^a   Miller, Dawn R ^a   Zucker, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

circannual rhythms; Spermophilus; testosterone; torpor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HIBERNATION; JUVENILE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SQUIRREL;

EID: 0029842579     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.6.r1240     Document Type: Article

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