Evidence that in a physiological setting Sertoli cell number is the major determinant of circulating concentrations of inhibin B in the adult male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-434

  Ramaswamy, Suresh ^a   Marshall, Gary R ^a   McNeilly, Alan S ^b   Plant, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FSH; Spermatogenesis; Unilateral orchidectomy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MONKEY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INHIBINS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0033002937     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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