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7126739

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Male squirrels, born approximately June 1 and kept under constant conditions of photoperiod (14 h of light per day) and temperature (23 +/- 2 degrees C) from birth, manifested circannual rhythms in plasma testosterone (T) and luteinizing hormone (LH) levels. Blood samples were collected once per month for 22 months and hormone levels determined by radioimmunoassay. Testosterone levels were low or undetectable ( less than or equal to 0.05 ng/ml) between October and January of the first year, and began increasing in February and peaked during April and May (approx. 4.5 ng/ml). By August of the second year T had declined to low levels which were maintained through January (0.05 ng/ml). The cycle then repeated, with T titers elevated during April and May of the second year. LH levels were undetectable (less than or equal to ng/ml) throughout most of the first 8 months of life; LH peaks were reached by individual animals between March and July. There was a close correspondence between seasonal peaks and troughs of testosterone and those in LH. The circannual pattern of plasma T and LH also was documented for a group of field-trapped males (less than or equal to 11 months old) maintained under similar conditions and bled at monthly intervals for 14 consecutive months. Rhythms of plasma T and LH persisted with a period of 11 to 12 months under constant conditions and thus qualify as circannual cycles.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-3363
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
411-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Circannual rhythms of plasma testosterone and luteinizing hormone levels in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Spermophilus lateralis).
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.