Minireview: Stress, 11β-HSD, and Leydig cell function

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-479

  Hardy, Matthew P ^a   Ganjam, Venkataseshu K ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LEYDIG CELL; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TESTIS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STRESS;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031228232     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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