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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.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6530516 DOI: 10.1007/BF03349502
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Endocrinol Invest ISSN: 0391-4097 Impact factor: 4.256