Intratesticular serotonin affects steroidogenesis in the rat testis

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-376

  Csaba, Zs ^a   Csernus, V ^b   Gerendai, I ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Ketanserin; Local control; Serotonin; Testis

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; KETANSERIN; NEUROTOXIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2 ANTAGONIST; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; AGING; ANIMALS; KETANSERIN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031799821     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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