Effects of acute restraint stress on sperm motility and secretion of pituitary, adrenocortical and gonadal hormones in adult male rats

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1501-1506

  Ren, Longquan ^a,b   Li, Xuezheng ^a   Weng, Qiang ^a,c   Trisomboon, Hataitip ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuya ^a,b   Pan, Lingmei ^a,b   Watanabe, Gen ^a,b   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosterone; LH; Restraint stress; Sperm motility

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHIBINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; RATS; SPERM HEAD; SPERM MOTILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 78649770288     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0113     Document Type: Note

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