Hypoprolactinemia does not prevent restoration of normal spermatogenesis in gonadotropin-suppressed, testosterone-replaced rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Awoniyi, Caleb A ^a   Roberts, Dawn ^a   Chandrashekar, Varadaraj ^b   Hurst, Bradley S ^a   Tucker, Kathleen E ^a   Schlaff, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

Author keywords

GnRH immunization; gonadotropin; prolactin; Spermatogenesis; testosterone

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0029969656     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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