Specific linkages among luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and testosterone release in the peripheral blood and human spermatic vein: Evidence for both positive (feed-forward) and negative (feedback) within-axis regulation

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3040-3046

  Foresta, C ^a   Bordon, P ^a   Rossato, M ^a   Mioni, R ^a   Veldhuis, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATIC VEIN; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PULSATILE FLOW; TESTOSTERONE; VEINS;

EID: 0030921610     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.9.3040     Document Type: Article

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