Testicular gamma-aminobutyric acid and circulating androgens in Syrian and Djungarian hamsters during sexual development

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 164-170

  Frungieri, M B ^a   Gonzalez Calvar, S I ^a,b   Chandrashekar, V ^c   Rao, J N ^c   Bartke, A ^c   Calandra, R S ^a,d  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamic acid; Steroids; Testicular function

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029825522     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00457.x     Document Type: Article

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