Organizational influence of the postnatal testosterone surge on the circadian rhythm of core body temperature of adult male rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1268, Issue , 2009, Pages 68-75

  Zuloaga, Damian G ^a,c   McGivern, Robert F ^a   Handa, Robert J ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Castration; Postnatal testosterone surge; Rat; Sex difference; Testosterone propionate

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LIGHT; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

RATTUS;

EID: 64149095555     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.02.048     Document Type: Article

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