Physiological Rearrangements in the Progeny of White Rats in the Zone of the Chernobyl Accident |
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Authors: | Mizina T Yu |
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Institution: | (1) Research Institute of Biology and Biophysics, Tomsk State University, ul. Lenina 36, Tomsk, 634050, Russia |
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Abstract: | Studies on six generations of white rats kept at the experimental station in Chernobyl showed that the dynamics of hormonal rearrangements and endocrine responses evoked by additional stress (hypokinesia) were generation- and sex-dependent. The male rats of the first five generations were characterized by hypercorticoidism, early involutional shifts, and decreased reactivity in response to hypokinesia. By the sixth and seventh generations, the hormonal profiles shifted toward an increase in the background level of sex hormones and their role in the response to hypokinesia. In female rats, the hormonal indices and reactivity changed less significantly. |
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Keywords: | endocrine status male and female progeny of mongrel rats low radiation doses |
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