Testosterone modifies response to chronic heat exposure in rats

Nellia Shvareva; Jacob Kaplanski; Lada Abramovich; Uriel A. Sod-Moriah

doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10078-8

Testosterone modifies response to chronic heat exposure in rats

Nellia Shvareva, Jacob Kaplanski, Lada Abramovich, Uriel A. Sod-Moriah

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Abstract

Eight weeks of heat exposure (34 ± 0.5°C) in sham-orchiectomized rats leads to an increase of body temperature, slowing of body growth rate, and decrease of serum corticosterone level, as compared with animals maintained at 21 ± 2°C. Orchiectomy decreases body temperature, slows growth rate, and increases plasma corticosterone concentration both in control and heat exposed animals. Testosterone administration reverts these parameters to initial values. We conclude that testosterone plays a role in the regulation of heat balance in male rats.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	575-578
Number of pages	4
Journal	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Volume	120
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10078-8
State	Published - 1 Jan 1998

Keywords

Body weight
Corticosterone
Heat adaptation
Orchiectomy
Testosterone

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Biochemistry
Physiology
Molecular Biology

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