Effect of acute and chronic stress on testosterone secretion in male rats
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
- Vol. 7 (6), 659-661
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03349502
Abstract
The effect of acute and chronic stress on serum testosterone was studied in adult male Wistar rats. Acute noise-light stress and the presence of a dog, but not change of room, raised serum testosterone. This testosterone was of gonadal origin since noise-light stress did not increase serum testosterone in castrated rats. Chronic noise-light did not modify either testes weight or serum testosterone. This suggests that chronic stress did not necessarily lead to impairment of endocrine function of the testes in the rat.Keywords
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