1Associate Professor, Physiology, Institute of Physiology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai
2Associate Professor, Physiology, CSI Dental College, Madurai
3Assistant Veterinary Surgeon, Madurai Medical College, Madurai
Online published on 18 July, 2017.
The aim of the study is to understand the affection due to stress in both male and female albino rats. 24 albino rats were used for the study. The animals were divided into two groups, control and study, study group was exposed to heat stress for 10 days and the levels of corticosterone was estimated before and after study. Osmotic fragility was estimated in both the groups. Both the genders were compared and the results tabulated statistically.
Stress, Gender Variation, Corticosterone, Osmotic fragility, albino rats
