Gonadectomy Affects Hormonal and Behavioral Responses to Repetitive Nociceptive Stimulation in Male Rats

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1007, Issue , 2003, Pages 232-237

  Aloisi, Anna Maria ^a   Ceccarelli, Ilaria ^a   Fiorenzani, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; Behavior; Estrogens; Formalin test; Male rats; Pain

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FORMALDEHYDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY MOVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FUNCTION TEST; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LICKING; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1342287973     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1286.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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