Deficits in reproductive behavior in diabetic female rats are due to hypoinsulinemia rather than hyperglycemia

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-29

  Karkanias, George B ^a   Morales, Jose C ^a   Li, Chang Sheng ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; NISOXETINE; NORADRENALIN; PHLORIZIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOINSULINEMIA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0031213496     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1997.1401     Document Type: Article

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