Leptin inhibits testosterone secretion from adult rat testis in vitro

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-218

  Tena Sempere, M ^a   Pinilla, L ^a   Gonzalez L C ^a   Dieguez C ^b   Casanueva, F F ^b   Aguilar, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FASTING; LEPTIN; MALE; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032982948     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1610211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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