Nocturnal hyperthermia induced by social stress in male tree shrews: Relation to low testosterone and effects of age

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 786-795

  Kohlhause, Susan ^a   Hoffmann, Kerstin ^a   Schlumbohm, Christina ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a,b   Flügge, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diurnal rhythm; Hyperthermia; Motor activity; Social stress; Sympathetic activation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL ANIMAL; HYPERTHERMIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NOCTURNAL HYPERTHERMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDENTIA; SOCIAL STRESS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOREGULATION; URINE LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEVER; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 80051861948     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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