Temporal relation between leptin and various indices of sexual maturation in the male rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-491

  Nazian, Stanley J ^a   Cameron, Don F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Gonadotropins; Puberty; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATID;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENITALIA, MALE; INHIBINS; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 0032780821     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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