Seasonal changes in spermatogenesis and testicular steroidogenesis in the male black bear Ursus americanus

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Tsubota, T ^a   Howell Skalla, L ^a   Nitta, H ^a   Osawa, Y ^b   Mason, J I ^c   Meiers, P G ^a   Nelson, R A ^a   Bahr, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUMMER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 0031058154     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1090021     Document Type: Article

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