Manipulation of androgens causes different energetic responses to cold in 60- and 40-day-old male rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 280, Issue 1 49-1, 2001, Pages

  Gomez, Francisca ^a   Dallman, Mary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Insulin; Leptin; Puberty; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLD STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FOOD INTAKE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0035008607     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.280.1.r262     Document Type: Article

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