Permanent effects of neonatal estrogen exposure in rats on reproductive hormone levels, Sertoli cell number, and the efficiency of spermatogenesis in adulthood

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5364-5373

  Atanassova, N ^a,b   McKinnell, C ^a   Walker, M ^a   Turner, K J ^a   Fisher, J S ^a   Morley, M ^a   Millar, M R ^a   Groome, N P ^c   Sharpe, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033303787     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.11.7108     Document Type: Article

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