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Variation in plasma oxidative status and testosterone level in relation to egg-eviction effort and age of brood-parasitic common cuckoo nestlings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
To avoid competition for parental care, brood-parasitic Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) nestlings evict all of the host's eggs and nestlings within a few days after hatching.
CavalleRi   +51 more
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The effects of strength training on muscle wasting, fat mass and quality of life in men with Prostate Cancer undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy: a meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
• In 2013, the probability of a man developing prostate cancer (PCa) was 1 in 6, sitting on top of the charts as the single most common area for men to develop cancer [4].
Hucker, Holly
core  

The unsolved case of “bone-impairing analgesics”. The endocrine effects of opioids on bone metabolism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The current literature describes the possible risks for bone fracture in chronic analgesics users. There are three main hypotheses that could explain the increased risk of fracture associated with central analgesics, such as opioids: 1) the increased ...
COLUZZI, FLAMINIA   +3 more
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Testosterone and Cholesterol Vasodilation of Rat Aorta Involves L-Type Calcium Channel Inhibition

open access: yesAdvances in Pharmacological Sciences, 2010
Testosterone has rapid nongenomic vasodilator effects which could be involved in protective cardiovascular actions. Several authors suggested specific mechanisms to explain this effect, but this matter was not clarified yet.
E. Álvarez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endocrinologic Control of Men's Sexual Desire and Arousal/Erection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Several hormones and neurotransmitters orchestrate men's sexual response, including the appetitive (sexual desire) and consummative (arousal and penile erection) phases.
Aversa, Antonio   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Testosterone and androstanediol glucuronide among men in NHANES III

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Most of the androgen replacement therapies were based on serum testosterone and without measurements of total androgen activities. Whether those with low testosterone also have low levels of androgen activity is largely unknown.
Chuan Wei Duan, Lin Xu
doaj   +1 more source

Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) : an emerging pathophysiological entity requiring the physician's attention [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) is an emerging pathophysiological entity. Not everybody is familiar with LOH or even recognizes its existence. Since the 19th century women's life expectancy has become progressively greater than that of men and therefore ...
Nieschlag, Eberhard
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A transcriptomic investigation of handicap models in sexual selection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We are grateful to D. Calder and T. Helps for access to study sites, and G. Murray-Dickson and M. Oliver for help with fieldwork and comments on manuscript drafts. This work was funded by NERC grant NE/D000602/1 (SBP), a NERC advanced fellowship (FM) and
Martinez-Padilla, Jesus   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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