Puberty occurring either spontaneously or induced precociously in rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) is associated with a marked proliferation of Sertoli cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1192-1199

  Marshall, G R ^a,b   Plant, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VOLUME; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0030000396     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.6.1192     Document Type: Article

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