Inhibition of 5α-reductase activity impairs the testosterone-dependent restoration of spermiogenesis in adult rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2703-2710

  O'Donnell, Liza ^a,c   Stanton, Peter G ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^b   Robertson, David M ^a   Mclachlan, Robert I ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0030013464     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770889     Document Type: Article

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