Effect of continual light deprivation and alpha-2u-globulin replacement therapy on serum concentration of gonadotropins and testicular activity in rats

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 309-313

  Ghosh, P K ^b   Biswas, R ^a   Mandal, H ^a   Biswas, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dark exposure; gonadotropins; testis; testosterone; (2u) globulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2U GLOBULIN; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DARKNESS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0030454020     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02807.x     Document Type: Article

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