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Testosterone Depletion by Castration May Protect Mice from Heat-Induced Multiple Organ Damage and Lethality
When the vehicle-treated, sham-operated mice underwent heat stress, the fraction survival and core temperature at +4 h of body heating were found to be 5 of 15 and 34.4°C ± 0.3°C, respectively. Castration 2 weeks before the start of heat stress decreased the plasma levels of testosterone almost to z...
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853083/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20396666 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/485306 |