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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 253: R321-R328, 1987;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 253, Issue 2 321-R328, Copyright © 1987 by American Physiological Society

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Adrenal, thyroid, and testicular hormone rhythms in male golden hamsters on long and short days

J. E. Ottenweller, W. N. Tapp, D. L. Pitman and B. H. Natelson

Plasma concentrations of adrenal, thyroid, and testicular hormones were measured at 4-h intervals around the clock in male hamsters on long (14:10-h light-dark cycle) and short (10:14-h light-dark cycle) days. Plasma corticosterone, cortisol, thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and testosterone rhythms were present on long days. The only one of these hormones to have a significant rhythm on short days was cortisol, but even its amplitude was suppressed compared with the cortisol rhythm on long days. Short days also lowered mean plasma levels of cortisol, T4, T3, and testosterone. Finally, short days raised the ratio of corticosterone to cortisol and lowered the ratio of T4 to T3. Both ratios had significant rhythms on long days but not on short days. Because of the many interactions among adrenal, thyroid, and testicular hormone axes, it is unclear whether the primary effect of short days is on one of these endocrine systems or on another factor that has separate effects on each of the hormone rhythms that was measured. Nonetheless, it is clear that a major effect of short day lengths in hamsters is to suppress hormone rhythms. Explanations of photoperiodic effects that depend on endocrine mediation should take this into account.


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