Testicular changes due to graded doses of nicotine in albino mice

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 276-280

  Reddy, Srinivas ^a   Londonkar, Ramesh ^a   Ravindra, ^a   Reddy, Somnath ^a   Patil, Saraswati B ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Gonadotrophins; Nicotine; Spermatogensis; Steroidogensis; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; GONADOTROPIN; LIPID; NICOTINE; STEROID HORMONE;

ACCESSORY SEX ORGAN; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

EID: 0031891951     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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