Elevation of tail skin temperature in ovariectomized rats in relation to menopausal hot flushes

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 4 47-4, 2000, Pages

  Kobayashi, Tsunefumi ^a   Tamura, Mizuho ^a   Hayashi, Minoru ^a   Katsuura, Yasuhiro ^a   Tanabe, Hirofumi ^a   Ohta, Tomohiro ^a   Komoriya, Keiji ^a  

^a TEIJIN LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Estradiol; Rectal temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0033996727     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.4.r863     Document Type: Article

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