Circulating leptin does not appear to provide a signal for triggering the initiation of puberty in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4505-4508

  Plant, Tony M ^a   Durrant, Andrea R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RHESUS MONKEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030930441     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5574     Document Type: Article

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