Testicular activity in wild rabbits (Orychtolagus cuniculus) from Zembra island (Tunisia) during short days and during long days. Effect of deafferentation of the pineal body;Activite testiculaire chez Orychtolagus cuniculus, lapin sauvage de l'ile de Zembra (Tunisie), en jours courts et en jours longs. Effet de la desafferentation de la pineale

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Ben Saad, M M ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

ganglionectomy; Orychtolagus cuniculus; photoperiod; testis volume; testosterone; Zembra island wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GANGLIONECTOMY; INNERVATION; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; GANGLIONECTOMY; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; RABBITS; SEASONS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031062504     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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