Low fertility in aging roosters is related to a high plasma concentration of insulin and low testicular contents of ACTH and lactate

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-115

  Weil, Simy ^a   Degen, A Allan ^a   Friedländer, Michael ^a   Rosenstrauch, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID;

AGING; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS;

EID: 0033030091     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7291     Document Type: Article

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