Hormonal regulation of spermatogenesis in the hypophysectomized rat: FSH maintenance of cellular viability during pubertal spermatogenesis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 308-319

  Russell, Lonnie D ^a   Kershaw, Mike ^a   Borg, Kurt E ^a,b   El Shennawy, Ahmed ^a   Rulli, Susana S ^a,c   Gates, Robert J ^a,d   Calandra, Ricardo S ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^d SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell viability; Hypohysectomy; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031800536     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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