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Adel Shalaby
Egypt
Research Article
Sex Differences in Some Physiological Effects of Cold Season or Short-Term Cold Exposure in Adult Albino Rat
Author(s): Adel Shalaby, Khaled A Abdel-Sater Eliwa, Ahmed M Hassan and Mohamed El-Fiky
Adel Shalaby, Khaled A Abdel-Sater Eliwa, Ahmed M Hassan and Mohamed El-Fiky
Background: Cold exposure is a permanent part of human life. Response to cold varies according to different factors and individual differences. The main factors potentially differentiating thermoregulation in men and women are the properties of female physiology, anthropometric characteristics, body composition, social behavior and physical working capacity.
Aim of the study: Detecting the effect of short term cold exposure or cold season on body weight, food consumption, and levels of TSH, T3 , T4 , insulin, glucagon, adrenaline, cortisol, testosterone, progesterone and estrogen.
Material and methods: This study was carried out on 96 adult albino rats of local strain, half of them were males and the other half were females. The animals were divided equally into two control groups (males and females), and four expe.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-1017.1000159