We have studied body temperature dynamics of mature male Wistar rats maintained under constant illumination after surgical removal of the testicles and adrenal glands. In gonadectomized animals, pronounced increases in body temperature (>0.9°C) were observed every 4-6 h; during the periods 03.35-04.30, 07.35-08.30, 11.35-12.30, 15.35-16.30, 19.35-20.30, and 23.35-00.30, they were recorded 1.5-fold more often than during the rest periods. These results do not significantly differ from the parameters of the control group. Combined removal of the testicles and adrenal glands led to shortening of main period of temperature oscillations to 4-4.5 h and a decrease in its amplitude; pronounced increase in body temperature (>0.5°C) was observed 2.1 times more often during the periods 03.35-04.30, 07.35-08.30, 11.35-12.30, 15.35-16.30, 19.35-20.30, and 23.35-00.30 than in other time intervals. Thus, the removal of the testicles and adrenal glands does not violate the 4-h intraday rhythm of body temperature.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 169, No. 5, pp. 623-626, May, 2020
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Diatroptov, M.E., Diatroptova, M.A. & Kosyreva, A.M. Effect of Surgical Removal of Testicles and Adrenal Glands on Ultradian Rhythms of Body Temperature in Male Wistar Rats under Conditions of Constant Illumination. Bull Exp Biol Med 169, 691–694 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-020-04956-w
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