Effects of oxytocin and prostaglandin F(2α) on androgen production of adult rat testis in vivo

Prostaglandins and Other Lipid Mediators

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 121-126

  Sawada, T ^a   Uemura, K ^a   Tamada, H ^a   Inaba, T ^a   Mori, J ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; Leydig cell; Male rat; Oxytocin; Prostaglandin F(2 ); Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONATROPIN; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; HORMONE ACTION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0032000740     PISSN: 00906980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-6980(98)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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