Relationship between the plasma testosterone level and pain reaction times in male rats

• Published in: Нейрофизиология
• Date: 2009
• Main Authors: Oyekunle, O.A., Fibironke, G., Ige, S.F., Udoh, U.S., Okojie, A.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізіології ім. О.О. Богомольця НАН України 2009
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/68294
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Relationship between the plasma testosterone level and pain reaction times in male rats / O.A. Oyekunle, G. Fibironke, S.F. Ige, U.S. Udoh, A.K. Okojie // Нейрофизиология. — 2009. — Т. 41, № 3. — С. 231-234. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

Male prepubertal (about 4 weeks old) Wistar rats were used to estimate the pain reaction times using the tail-flick and hot-plate models; the testosterone concentration in all the animals before the tests in the blood plasma was measured. The same sets of animals were kept for the next 4 weeks under...