Changes in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical and hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid axes in diabetic rats acclimated to moderate hyperthermic environment

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Dinevska Kjovkarovska, Suzana ^a   Guladin, Teuta ^b   Miova, Biljana ^a   Mitev, Slavco ^a   Gerazova, Katerina ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b State University of Tetovo   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; Endocrine glands; Experimental diabetes; High environmental temperature; Insulin; Rats; T3; T4; TSH

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN; LIOTHYRONINE; STREPTOZOCIN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS TOLERANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 64749089031     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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