Dehydroepiandrosterone Antagonizes Pain Stress-Induced Suppression of Testosterone Production in Male Rats

• Hoofdauteurs: Qiqi Zhu (Auteur), Fei Ge (Auteur), Xiaoheng Li (Auteur), Hou-Sheng Deng (Auteur), Miao Xu (Auteur), Tiao Bu (Auteur), Jingyang Li (Auteur), Yiyan Wang (Auteur), Yuanyuan Shan (Auteur), Ren-Shan Ge (Auteur), Ming Yao (Auteur)
• Formaat: Boek
• Gepubliceerd in: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Onderwerpen: article
• Online toegang: Connect to this object online.

Background: Leydig cells secrete the steroid hormone, testosterone, which is essential for male fertility and reproductive health. Stress increases the secretion of glucocorticoid [corticosterone, (CORT) in rats] that decreases circulating testosterone levels in part through a direct action on its r...