Does age-associated reduced Leydig cell testosterone production in Brown Norway rats result from understimulation by luteinizing hormone?

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 625-630

  Grzywacz, Francis W ^a   Chen, Haolin ^a   Allegretti, John ^a   Zirkin, Barry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Rat; Steroids; Testis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VOLUME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ESTRADIOL; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031736458     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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