Effect of individual versus group caging on the incidence of pituitary and leydig cell tumors in F344 rats: Proposed mechanism

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 525-529

  Nyska, A ^a   Leininger, J R ^a   Maronpot, R R ^a   Haseman, J K ^a   Hailey, J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031781263     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90276-6     Document Type: Article

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