The effect of microgravity on testicular androgen secretion

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-136

  Strollo, Felice ^a,d,f   Riondino, Giuseppe ^a,b   Harris, Bernard ^b   Strollo, Giovanna ^c   Casarosa, Elena ^e   Mangrossa, Novella ^d   Ferretti, Cinzia ^b,c   Luisi, Michele ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Rome's INRCA Institute ^*  (Italy)

^e Hormone Department

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA DIOL GLUCURONIDE; ANDROGEN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCURONIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROGRAVITY; MOOD; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SALIVA LEVEL; SPACE FLIGHT; TESTIS; URINE LEVEL;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-55 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADULT; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOGRAVITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0031896399     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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