The cycle duration of the seminiferous epithelium remains unaltered during GnRH antagonist-induced testicular involution in rats and monkeys

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-288

  Aslam, H ^a   Rosiepen, G ^a   Krishnamurthy, H ^a,d   Arslan, M ^b   Clemen, G ^c   Nieschlag, E ^a   Weinbauer, G F ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b PAKISTAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CYCLE; CELL KINETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; INVOLUTION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032982601     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1610281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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