Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) agonists stimulate testosterone production in mouse Leydig cells through CRF receptor-1

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 651-658

  Heinrich, Nadja ^a   Meyer, Mike R ^b   Furkert, Jens ^a   Sasse, Annette ^b   Beyermann, Michael ^a   Bönigk, Wolfgang ^b   Berger, Hartmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; SAUVAGINE; TESTOSTERONE; UROTENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031791257     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.2.5754     Document Type: Article

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