In vitro effects of substance P and arginine-vasopressin on testosterone production in Leydig cells of short and long photoperiodic hamsters

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 321-326

  Angelova, P ^c   Davidoff, M S ^a   Bakalska, M ^c   Kanchev, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^c Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

hamster; Leydig cells; neuropeptides; photoperiodicity; testosterone production

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; SUBSTANCE P; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTER; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY;

EID: 0030469342     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02809.x     Document Type: Article

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