LH down-regulates gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor, but not GnRH, mRNA levels in the rat testis

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-415

  Botte M C ^a   Lerrant, Y ^a,b   Lozach, A ^a   Berault A ^a   Counis, R ^a   Kottler, M L ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Universite Francaise du Pacifique   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 0032880937     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1620409     Document Type: Article

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