Temporal variations in testicular microcirculation

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 724-730

  Bergh, Anders ^b   Lissbrant, Erik ^b   Collin, Ola ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Rats; Testis; Vasomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS SIZE; TIME;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TESTIS;

EID: 0032702478     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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