Opioids as regulators of local function in the testis

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 77-78

  Bilinska B ^a   Slomczynska M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

autocrine paracrine regulation; in vitro; Leydig cells; opiate peptides

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029759303     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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