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Effects of exposed to cold stress for three, five or eight weeks on body weight and ovulation.
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Ovarian functions are modulated by the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary axis and neural signals. Stress modifies the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. In adult female rats, cold stress results in higher noradrenergic and steroidogenic activity of the ovary, anovulation and the presence of ovarian cysts; however, it is unknown whether this res...
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... cold stress for three, five or eight weeks did not modify body weight compared to the respective control groups. No differences in the rate of ovulation or the total number of ova shed were observed between the rats stressed for three, five or eight weeks compared to their respective control group (Table 1). ...Similar publications
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