Imidazoles suppress rat testosterone secretion and testicular interstitial fluid formation in vivo

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-254

  Adams, Michael L ^a   Meyer, Edward R ^a   Cicero, Theodore J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IMIDAZOLES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031904698     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.2.248     Document Type: Article

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