Effect of cold exposure on testicular Δ5-3β and 17β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activities and plasma levels of testosterone in toad (Bufo melanostictus) in breeding and hibernating season: Duration-dependent response

Andrologia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-108

  Parua, S ^a   Ghosh, D ^a,b   Nandi, D K ^a   Debnath, J ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PANSKURA BANAMALI COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

17 HSD; Breeding cycle; Circannual rhythm; Hibernation; Testosterone; 5, 3 HSD

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLD EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOAD;

EID: 0031750784     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1998.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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