Stress-induced increase of testosterone: Contributions of social status and sympathetic reactivity

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-603

  Chichinadze, K ^a,b   Chichinadze, N ^c  

^a Tbilisi St Andrew the First Called Georgian University of Georgian Patriarchate   (Georgia)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^c A Natishvili Institute of Morphology   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Dominant and subordinated animals; Luteinizing hormone; Norepinephrine; Stress; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COMPETITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 45149132770     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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