OBJECTIVE Diabetes is a syndrome that affects all the physiological systems of the body, therefore this study was undertaken to compare the seminogram parameters in diabetics and non-diabetics. STUDY DESIGN The study was carried out at Male Infertility and Reproductive Physiology unit in the Department of Physiology, MGIMS, Sevagram, Wardha. 25 normozoospermic subjects with type 2 diabetes an...

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Nelson, Randy J., Joshua B. Fine, Gregory E. Demas, and Christopher A. Moffatt. Photoperiod and population density interact to affect reproductive and immune function in male prairie voles. Am. J. Physiol. 270 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 39): R571-R577, 1996.-Seasonal breeding of rodents is often associated with changes in adrenal function; altered adrenal function could account, in ...

The relaxin-like factor (RLF) is a novel member of the insulin-IGF-relaxin family of hormones and growth factors. Also known as the Leydig cell insulin-like factor (Ley-I-L), this peptide and the mRNA encoding it appear to be expressed in very large quantities in the Leydig cells of the testis. However, it is also produced in the ovary of a number of species in both follicular theca cells and i...

Although the proximate mechanisms behind the formation of copulatory plugs are well understood, their distribution and function among primates remain largely unstudied. During a study of female rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) mating behaviour on Cayo Santiago, we examined the pattern of the distribution of visible copulatory plugs among females and their potential relationship to female reprodu...

Cholesterol is a key molecule in the mammalian physiology of especial particular importance for the reproductive system as it is the common precursor for steroid hormone synthesis. Cholesterol is also a recognized modulator of sperm functions, not only at the level of gametogenesis. Cholesterol homeostasis regulation is crucial for posttesticular sperm maturation, and imbalanced cholesterol lev...